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Hello all,<br>
<br>
The first in a series of blogs about 'The case for Open Research'
went live today. <br>
<br>
The case for Open Research: the mismeasurement problem -
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://unlockingresearch.blog.lib.cam.ac.uk/?p=713">https://unlockingresearch.blog.lib.cam.ac.uk/?p=713</a><br>
<br>
A taster:<br>
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<p style="margin: 0px 0px 24px; color: rgb(20, 20, 18); font-family:
"Source Sans Pro", Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size:
16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight:
normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 24px; orphans: auto;
text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none;
white-space: normal; widows: 1; word-spacing: 0px;
-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;">Let’s face it. The biggest
blockage we have to widespread Open Access is not researcher
apathy, a lack of interoperable systems, or an unwillingness of
publishers to engage (although these do each play some part) – it
is the problem that<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><strong
style="font-weight: bold !important;">the only thing that counts
in academia is publication in a high impact journal</strong>.</p>
<p style="margin: 0px 0px 24px; color: rgb(20, 20, 18); font-family:
"Source Sans Pro", Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size:
16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight:
normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 24px; orphans: auto;
text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none;
white-space: normal; widows: 1; word-spacing: 0px;
-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;">This situation is causing
multiple problems, from huge numbers of authors on papers,
researchers cherry picking results and retrospectively applying
hypotheses, to the reproducibility crisis and a surge in
retractions.</p>
<p style="margin: 0px 0px 24px; color: rgb(20, 20, 18); font-family:
"Source Sans Pro", Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size:
16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight:
normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 24px; orphans: auto;
text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none;
white-space: normal; widows: 1; word-spacing: 0px;
-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;">This blog was intended to be an
exploration of some solutions prefaced by a short overview of the
issues. Rather depressingly, there was so much material the blog
has<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>had to be split up,
with several parts describing the problem(s) before getting to the
solutions.</p>
<p style="margin: 0px 0px 24px; color: rgb(20, 20, 18); font-family:
"Source Sans Pro", Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size:
16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight:
normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 24px; orphans: auto;
text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none;
white-space: normal; widows: 1; word-spacing: 0px;
-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;">Prepare yourself, this will be a
bumpy ride. <...snip...><br>
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I'm not sure that 'enjoy' is the right sign off.<br>
<br>
Danny<br>
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Dr Danny Kingsley
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Cambridge University Library
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