‘Paper mills’ are contaminating the world’s scholarly output with fake papers that hinder research. Lifesaving biomedical fields are especially hard hit.
So, Lemmy is comprised of several instances of itself that can all be accessed by each other so long as they are “federated” with one another. This is designed to keep the power to censor or push an agenda out of the hands of any one person (like what’s going on with Reddit, twitter/x, and meta).
Lots of people on here see a similar set up as a panacea for the problems in all kinds of information distribution. That’s why the person you’ve been talking to is proposing the idea for scientific publishing.
I don’t think it would solve any issues of veracity. The current system allows for various publications to be seen as more or less accurate/ rigorous.
The real problem with academic publishing is the expense and IP laws that are an issue for other fields as well.
So, Lemmy is comprised of several instances of itself that can all be accessed by each other so long as they are “federated” with one another. This is designed to keep the power to censor or push an agenda out of the hands of any one person (like what’s going on with Reddit, twitter/x, and meta).
Lots of people on here see a similar set up as a panacea for the problems in all kinds of information distribution. That’s why the person you’ve been talking to is proposing the idea for scientific publishing.
I don’t think it would solve any issues of veracity. The current system allows for various publications to be seen as more or less accurate/ rigorous.
The real problem with academic publishing is the expense and IP laws that are an issue for other fields as well.