An Alt-Ac's publishing dilemma
Apostolos Koutropoulos,
Sept 19, 2022
My interest in submitting formal academic publications is pretty minimal, precisely because of the overhead demanded as documented here, though unlike Apostolos Koutropoulos my employer does have an expectation that I author a few every year. And it's this separation between 'academic' and what he calls here 'alt-ac' that draws my attention. I think that it's important that what we consider 'academic' work be seen as part of - and continuous with - all other knowledge and information work. From my perspective, contributions such as blog posts, newsletters and correspondance, data collections and curation, etc., all play a role. As academic becomes more open, the idea of 'post-publication review' takes on a more prominent role, and with that there's no real distinction between an article published in an 'exclusive' publication, and an equally important comment posted on a web page. It's all one network.
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