2026-08-23T12:50:29Z https://njump.me Ross Mounce https://njump.me/npub1uyr4fgmcwjzs0aeqy8krplpw4s887qaeagcvgx0pczhmq2tn3zlslt240f https://files.mastodon.social/accounts/avatars/108/131/604/772/356/656/original/e32960110f760270.jpg https://files.mastodon.social/accounts/avatars/108/131/604/772/356/656/original/e32960110f760270.jpg https://njump.me/nevent1qqspd9hpgeh5c4euta6juxtnvwrzr35cg9sg05zfqdqkckn8zhzx0uqzyrssw49r0p6g2plhyqs7cv8u96kqulcrh84rp3qeu8q2lvpfwwyt720vxme Really weirded out by this sudden wave of scholarly publishing industry posts about &#39;trust&#39; and &#39;trust signals&#39;.<br/><br/>Trust is really really the wrong word here. The publishers _want_ you to blindly trust everything they publish... so naturally they are talking about trust a lot. What we actually need to do is NOT trust things blindly. Test. Validate. Statcheck. Re-run. <br/><br/>Trust as a strategy for those reading or building-upon research just doesnt work.<br/><br/>#MiniRant 2026-08-11T13:18:35Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsdk5490ctcsw5k7zpks8fhj8kl5xlknppp4z8943sg6xs0x6d7kqqzyrssw49r0p6g2plhyqs7cv8u96kqulcrh84rp3qeu8q2lvpfwwyt7kxpcpc peak dystopia:<br/><br/>&#34;As an example, the most expensive agreement for Karolinska Institutet was with Elsevier, which constituted 46% of the total journal budget&#34;<br/><br/>😱😱😱<br/><br/>Bibliodiversity? Nah, we&#39;ll just support Elsevier. <br/><br/><a href="https://insights.uksg.org/articles/10.1629/uksg.760">https://insights.uksg.org/articles/10.1629/uksg.760</a> 2026-06-29T10:28:54Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsv3skrsv8f7z96d8rnfflxjcgxtf498rqgqwm2w7rwq7y06770t4czyrssw49r0p6g2plhyqs7cv8u96kqulcrh84rp3qeu8q2lvpfwwyt777agta Elsevier &#34;hybrid&#34; journal called _Ecological Modelling_ which charges an APC of USD 3,040 (excluding taxes)...<br/><br/>...publishes THIS abomination as a graphical abstract. 🤣 <br/><br/>Source:<br/>Zhao et al (2025) Designing Ecological Networks to Foster Regional Economic Sustainability: source identification in the Longdong Loess Plateau using self-organizing map and complex network theory. Ecological Modelling, Volume 509, DOI: <a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2025.111211">https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2025.111211</a> <br/> <br/>HT <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub103qpjgf3xvc7whukjandz7mx4nk2tsngdtdnny2lln7mht6m6nzs46sgdm" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Nadiah Kristensen</span> (<span class="italic">npub103q…sgdm</span>)</a></span><br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/115/094/337/913/748/285/original/a1541d816f53281b.jpg"> <br/> 2025-08-26T09:28:50Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs2zmc0na8vrclv773gn28a72kaal4gtr86t37l4r7qr2t60ww3reczyrssw49r0p6g2plhyqs7cv8u96kqulcrh84rp3qeu8q2lvpfwwyt7h6frms Elsevier selling access to an open access article, again (2024 edition) <a href="https://rossmounce.co.uk/2024/09/24/elsevier-selling-access-to-an-open-access-article-again-2024-edition/">https://rossmounce.co.uk/2024/09/24/elsevier-selling-access-to-an-open-access-article-again-2024-edition/</a><br/><br/>article that I believe to be &#39;mistakenly&#39; on sale is here: <a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.comtox.2017.10.001">https://doi.org/10.1016/j.comtox.2017.10.001</a><br/><br/>the version at PMC clearly states it&#39;s an open access article 🤷‍♂️ <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5695905/">https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5695905/</a> <br/><br/>#OpenAccess #Ethics #NotIllegalButSketchy #ElsevierDoesItAgain #PaywallWatch 2024-09-24T21:39:36Z