Mostly when I think about this issue, I feel sad for how we have underinvested in our public universities, who could be (or could have been...) an epicenter for ethical and open academic and educational publishing.
"Stop the peer-review treadmill. I want to get off" https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-00403-8
@actualham the academic peer publishing industry is such a scam, when I try to explain it to anyone outside academia they laugh.
Me: So I submit a paper of my research to the journal, and they try to find reviewers that volunteer as part of their "service" to review the paper.
Them: So you don't get paid for the work and they don't get paid for this work? This is a free and open enterprise?
Me: I don't get paid, they don't get paid, but the journal publishers make billions of $$$$$ each year selling their publications to universities and the articles mostly sit behind pay walls that keep the articles inaccessible to most outside of academia.
Them: This makes absolutely no sense, except for the publishers who make billions.
Me: That's right.
@foolishowl @actualham for sure. I think that is another issue that is much more complex (research to policy). Centrally I would argue that academic papers are mostly written (by design) in ways that are not accessible to the general public. Also many of the issues that policies are intended to address are complex and multi layered, whereas policies are looking for quick, easy, and popular solutions.
@ZingerLearns @actualham This isn't the primary reason that policy makers ignore current research, but it sure doesn't help the rest of us call them on it either.