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[–] [email protected] 203 points 2 months ago (13 children)

This isn't a meme, it's a crime

[–] [email protected] 64 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (12 children)

There are literally tens of thousands of people in academia who could build a transparent, open-source, non-profit publishing system of their own.

Why don't they?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago (6 children)

I don't know about other fields, but we did do this for AI. It's all community-run, papers are freely available for everyone to read, and the cost of submission in a peer-reviewed venue is to review other papers. The publishers don't actually provide anything of value except name recognition and being "reputable", which they maintain through momentum.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Oh, could you share some links?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Links to what?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Sorry, I might have misunderstood - I thought there would be some journals employing that "review to submit" system you mentioned.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Ah, yes. I just wasn't clear on whether you wanted to know more about the publication venues or about the value of publishers or something else.

In AI, we normally publish in conferences rather than journals. Some of the big ones are

There is a new journal I know of (TMLR) that's becoming a bit more popular in these circles, but I believe they rely solely on volunteers to review rather than asking those who submit papers.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Thanks, I will be looking into this!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

If you're still interested in this, CVPR recently made the rule explicit for the upcoming conference.

If they do not serve in another capacity for the organization of CVPR 2025, all authors are obliged to act as reviewers

https://cvpr.thecvf.com/Conferences/2025/CVPRChanges

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