User:OpenScientist/Obstacles to efficient communication of scientific research
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This page is an editable version of a blog post (archived) by Alex Holcombe. Contributions to this page are released under a CC0 license, just like the original post.
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| Obstacle | Possible solutions | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| Journal subscription fees | Open access mandates | |
| Competition to be first-to-publish motivates secrecy | Open Science mandates, especially Data sharing mandates | see also Data sharing requirements |
| Jargon | Increase science communication; science blogging | |
| Pressure to publish high quantity means no time for learning from other areas | Reform of incentives in academia | |
| Inefficient format of journal articles (e.g. prose) | Evidence charts, ? | see also Journal of the future |
| Long lag time until things are published | Peer review post publication, not pre publication | |
| Difficulty publishing fragmentary criticisms | Open peer review; incentivize post-publication commenting | |
| Information contained in peer reviewers' reviews is never published | Open peer review or publication of (possibly anonymous) reviews; incentivize online post-publication commenting | |
| Difficulty publishing non-replications | Open Science |
