Is it the beginning of the end for scientific publishing?

More than 40 leading scientists have resigned en masse from the
editorial board of a top science journal in protest at what they
describe as the ‘greed’ of the publisher. Ian Sample speaks to
correspondent Hannah Devlin about the remarkably lucrative business
of scientific publishing, hears from Prof Chris Chambers about what
was behind the recent mass resignation, and finds out why
researchers are demanding change. Help support our independent
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