“The solution to the oligopoly of scientific publications is to reinvest into national platforms that we collectively own”
Interview with Vincent Larivière
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https://doi.org/10.24215/26183188e130Keywords:
scholarly communication, scientific publishing, research infrastructures, editorial oligopoly, open science, research assessmentAbstract
Interview with Vincent Larivière, world-renowned expert in open access, scientific publishing, multilingualism and sociology of science. PhD in Information Science from McGill University, he holds the UNESCO Chair on Open Science and co-holds the Chaire de recherche du Québec sur la découvrabilité des contenus scientifiques en français. Vincent is also professor at the School of Library and Information Science at the Université de Montréal, Scientific Director of the Érudit publishing consortium and deputy scientific Director of the Observatory of Science and Technology at the Université de Québec à Montréal. In this interview, we focus on the issue of scientific publications, the question of science and technology assessment and indicators, and proposals for open science.
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