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Rise of the platforms

Nature, Sept 04, 2019

What will publishing look like in the future? Maybe this: "In physics, platforms such as quantum, researchers.one and, perhaps most impressively, SciPost are experimenting with innovative approaches such as transparent peer review, user comments and even doing away with the concept of accepting or rejecting papers entirely." I think it's not just a change of business model, a change from thinking of research and discovery as narrative to thinking of them as (say) data points in a global accumulation of information.

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