Publish or be Damned - The Future of Published Science

with Richard Black

Scientific publishing is undergoing a revolution. Scientists and policy makers, fed up with valuable research being locked away in expensive subscription only journals, are mounting a challenge to the publishers. They are launching their own competing journals and giving away the results for free. But not everyone is happy. In Publish or be Damned, Richard Black examines this dramatic change from both sides of the debate and assesses its likely consequences for science.