mBio (Apr 2021)

What Is the Price of Science?

  • James C. Alwine,
  • Lynn W. Enquist,
  • Terence S. Dermody,
  • Felicia Goodrum

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1128/mBio.00117-21
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 2

Abstract

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The peer-reviewed scientific literature is the bedrock of science. However, scientific publishing is undergoing dramatic changes, which include the expansion of open access, an increased number of for-profit publication houses, and ready availability of preprint manuscripts that have not been peer reviewed. In this opinion article, we discuss the inequities and concerns that these changes have wrought.