Octopus aims to grasp ‘publishing revolution science needs’

Creator of ‘fast, free, fair’ platform hopes to help researchers shift away from journals and ‘increase meritocracy’

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August 12, 2021
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August 17, 2021
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Reader's comments (3)

#1 Submitted by m.... on August 13, 2021 - 7:26am
This type of 'Stream of consciousness' publishing does not look very helpful and will rather serve to make it even harder to read the literature and assess its merits.
#2 Submitted by mc4@... on August 24, 2021 - 12:20pm
Nah, not going to work; academics will never move away from peer-reviewed journal model.
#3 Submitted by daver on August 25, 2021 - 3:10pm
I agree. Amongst other reasons is that, if we are relying on post publication review, will qualified academics with some knowledge be bothered to review? Or will it be people with time on their hands but no expertise- or worse, rivals with scores to settle.

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