Samuel Moore
@samuelmoore.org
Researcher at Cambridge University Library / Cambridge Digital Humanities
PI: @morphss.bsky.social
New book: Publishing Beyond the Market https://press.umich.edu/Books/P/Publishing-Beyond-the-Market
https://www.samuelmoore.org
PI: @morphss.bsky.social
New book: Publishing Beyond the Market https://press.umich.edu/Books/P/Publishing-Beyond-the-Market
https://www.samuelmoore.org
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Samuel Moore
@samuelmoore.org
· Sep 1
You can now download the book on the publisher's website: press.umich.edu/Books/P/Publ... (open access of course)
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Hello Bluesky. I am a cultural and media theorist working across the fields of (book) publishing and digital culture, researching the future of scholarly communications and experimental forms of knowledge production.
January 15, 2026 at 5:17 PM
Hello Bluesky. I am a cultural and media theorist working across the fields of (book) publishing and digital culture, researching the future of scholarly communications and experimental forms of knowledge production.
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I’ve finally been able to start reading @samuelmoore.org’s book, which is excellent. Living up to the promise of good humanistic analysis, it’s making sharp conceptual distinctions & providing me w/ better language to describe & understand what I observe in OA publishing.
doi.org/10.3998/mpub...
doi.org/10.3998/mpub...
Publishing Beyond the Market: Open Access, Care, and the Commons
<I>Publishing Beyond the Market</I> argues that the move to open access should focus less on the free accessibility of research outputs and more on who controls the publications and infrastructures fo...
doi.org
January 15, 2026 at 2:44 PM
I’ve finally been able to start reading @samuelmoore.org’s book, which is excellent. Living up to the promise of good humanistic analysis, it’s making sharp conceptual distinctions & providing me w/ better language to describe & understand what I observe in OA publishing.
doi.org/10.3998/mpub...
doi.org/10.3998/mpub...
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🚀Join the Open Divide Lecture Series on Jan 28, 2026, at 5:00 PM (CET) for a lecture by Chérifa Boukacem-Zeghmouri @c-bz.bsky.social & Guillaume Silhol: "Legitimizations and subversions of the Open: for an analysis of openwashing in scientific publishing"
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January 7, 2026 at 9:41 AM
🚀Join the Open Divide Lecture Series on Jan 28, 2026, at 5:00 PM (CET) for a lecture by Chérifa Boukacem-Zeghmouri @c-bz.bsky.social & Guillaume Silhol: "Legitimizations and subversions of the Open: for an analysis of openwashing in scientific publishing"
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Knowing Me Knowing @uksg.bsky.social (A-HA!)
Listen to the latest episode of THE podcast series for the scholarly communications sector!
👉 featuring @samuelmoore.org
Find it wherever you get your podcasts 🎙️
🔗 www.uksg.org/uksgpodcast/
Listen to the latest episode of THE podcast series for the scholarly communications sector!
👉 featuring @samuelmoore.org
Find it wherever you get your podcasts 🎙️
🔗 www.uksg.org/uksgpodcast/
January 14, 2026 at 3:28 PM
Knowing Me Knowing @uksg.bsky.social (A-HA!)
Listen to the latest episode of THE podcast series for the scholarly communications sector!
👉 featuring @samuelmoore.org
Find it wherever you get your podcasts 🎙️
🔗 www.uksg.org/uksgpodcast/
Listen to the latest episode of THE podcast series for the scholarly communications sector!
👉 featuring @samuelmoore.org
Find it wherever you get your podcasts 🎙️
🔗 www.uksg.org/uksgpodcast/
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We’re hiring a two-year DH postdoc for our HAVI project, to work on a new type of knowledge graph architecture for the humanities (and beyond). Deadline soon (18 Jan)! www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/researc...
Research Assistant/Research Associate (Fixed Term)
Applications are invited for a full time post doctoral researcher to work on an international collaboration to develop AI-based solutions for research on archival materials as part of the Humanities
www.cam.ac.uk
January 13, 2026 at 10:14 AM
We’re hiring a two-year DH postdoc for our HAVI project, to work on a new type of knowledge graph architecture for the humanities (and beyond). Deadline soon (18 Jan)! www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/researc...
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Of especial interest for UK researchers, research institutes/organisations and/or partnerships with higher education expertise and the ability to measure social & cultural infrastructure.
Deadline 17:00 GMT 4 February; duration 10 months; value c. £60k. 1/2
Deadline 17:00 GMT 4 February; duration 10 months; value c. £60k. 1/2
Call for proposals - Measurement of social and cultural infrastructure in the higher education sector
The British Academy is commissioning a major new research element as part of its work theme on social and cultural infrastructure. The research will investigate how social and cultural infrastructure ...
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk
January 14, 2026 at 11:11 AM
Of especial interest for UK researchers, research institutes/organisations and/or partnerships with higher education expertise and the ability to measure social & cultural infrastructure.
Deadline 17:00 GMT 4 February; duration 10 months; value c. £60k. 1/2
Deadline 17:00 GMT 4 February; duration 10 months; value c. £60k. 1/2
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Union staff at Cambridge MRC research units consider action.
Medical Research Council under renewed criticism for putting university in “awful position” as redundancies loom.
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-r...
Medical Research Council under renewed criticism for putting university in “awful position” as redundancies loom.
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-r...
Union staff at Cambridge MRC research units consider action - Research Professional News
Medical Research Council under renewed criticism for putting university in “awful position” as redundancies loom
www.researchprofessionalnews.com
January 14, 2026 at 7:57 AM
Union staff at Cambridge MRC research units consider action.
Medical Research Council under renewed criticism for putting university in “awful position” as redundancies loom.
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-r...
Medical Research Council under renewed criticism for putting university in “awful position” as redundancies loom.
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-r...
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Call now open for Visiting Fellowships in our Natural History Humanities programme! Building long-term collaborations with early career researchers on Cambridge GLAM collections.
@camunivmuseums.bsky.social @theul.bsky.social @cubotanicgarden.bsky.social
www.ccc.cam.ac.uk/initiatives/...
@camunivmuseums.bsky.social @theul.bsky.social @cubotanicgarden.bsky.social
www.ccc.cam.ac.uk/initiatives/...
Natural History Humanities - Collections Connections Communities
www.ccc.cam.ac.uk
January 9, 2026 at 8:27 AM
Call now open for Visiting Fellowships in our Natural History Humanities programme! Building long-term collaborations with early career researchers on Cambridge GLAM collections.
@camunivmuseums.bsky.social @theul.bsky.social @cubotanicgarden.bsky.social
www.ccc.cam.ac.uk/initiatives/...
@camunivmuseums.bsky.social @theul.bsky.social @cubotanicgarden.bsky.social
www.ccc.cam.ac.uk/initiatives/...
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"It's bad for people to not give us money," spokesperson for receiving money said.
A spokesperson for T&F said “Researchers should be free to communicate their work in the journal that best suits their research, and proposing to cap [open access] funding threatens that freedom to publish."
Bold move to set prices high and then complain about freedom when people can't pay.
Bold move to set prices high and then complain about freedom when people can't pay.
Rising Publication Costs Strain Researchers
Open access publishing has led to researchers paying thousands of dollars to publish their work, limiting funds for research and leaving scientists with hard choices.
www.the-scientist.com
January 13, 2026 at 8:04 PM
"It's bad for people to not give us money," spokesperson for receiving money said.
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Kicking off a new year of The OLR Supplement! An interview with @jemgilbert.bsky.social by Aleksander Kopka, on the political legacy of Derrida, building solidarity and mobilizing collectives, and neoliberalism and socialism in the 21st Century: olrsupplement.com/2026/01/06/t...
Thinking of Democratic Goals: In Conversation with Jeremy Gilbert - The OLR Supplement
Jeremy Gilbert in conversation on themes of reconstructing solidarity, political mobilization of collectives, horizontal organizing, psychedelic socialism, socialism and neoliberalism in the 21st cent...
olrsupplement.com
January 6, 2026 at 3:47 PM
Kicking off a new year of The OLR Supplement! An interview with @jemgilbert.bsky.social by Aleksander Kopka, on the political legacy of Derrida, building solidarity and mobilizing collectives, and neoliberalism and socialism in the 21st Century: olrsupplement.com/2026/01/06/t...
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I want my articles to be written by a professional calligrapher on handcrafted paper with gold ink. If my university or funder refuse to pay for this, they are infringing my academic freedom.
January 13, 2026 at 1:45 PM
I want my articles to be written by a professional calligrapher on handcrafted paper with gold ink. If my university or funder refuse to pay for this, they are infringing my academic freedom.
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Join us this Friday 16 January 2026 at 15:00 CET for a seminar at @cwtsnl.bsky.social with Dr. @samuelmoore.org on the current OA landscape and how we can move to a scholar-led infrastructure beyond the market. #ScientificPublishing #OpenAccess #BookHistory
www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/events/20...
www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/events/20...
Publishing beyond the market
This talk will outline the argument in my new book Publishing Beyond the Market: Open Access, Care, and the Commons (University of Michigan Press, 2025). The book explores the evolution of the open ac...
www.universiteitleiden.nl
January 13, 2026 at 9:36 AM
Join us this Friday 16 January 2026 at 15:00 CET for a seminar at @cwtsnl.bsky.social with Dr. @samuelmoore.org on the current OA landscape and how we can move to a scholar-led infrastructure beyond the market. #ScientificPublishing #OpenAccess #BookHistory
www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/events/20...
www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/events/20...
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If Reform are pushing propaganda through your letterbox, don’t engage with it. Don’t argue with it. Don’t platform it.
Return it to sender.
Write REFUSED on the envelope and put it straight back in the postbox. Unopened.
They pay for that. Every time.
Bulk mail returns are
Return it to sender.
Write REFUSED on the envelope and put it straight back in the postbox. Unopened.
They pay for that. Every time.
Bulk mail returns are
January 13, 2026 at 8:04 AM
If Reform are pushing propaganda through your letterbox, don’t engage with it. Don’t argue with it. Don’t platform it.
Return it to sender.
Write REFUSED on the envelope and put it straight back in the postbox. Unopened.
They pay for that. Every time.
Bulk mail returns are
Return it to sender.
Write REFUSED on the envelope and put it straight back in the postbox. Unopened.
They pay for that. Every time.
Bulk mail returns are
A spokesperson for T&F said “Researchers should be free to communicate their work in the journal that best suits their research, and proposing to cap [open access] funding threatens that freedom to publish."
Bold move to set prices high and then complain about freedom when people can't pay.
Bold move to set prices high and then complain about freedom when people can't pay.
Rising Publication Costs Strain Researchers
Open access publishing has led to researchers paying thousands of dollars to publish their work, limiting funds for research and leaving scientists with hard choices.
www.the-scientist.com
January 13, 2026 at 7:23 AM
A spokesperson for T&F said “Researchers should be free to communicate their work in the journal that best suits their research, and proposing to cap [open access] funding threatens that freedom to publish."
Bold move to set prices high and then complain about freedom when people can't pay.
Bold move to set prices high and then complain about freedom when people can't pay.
Hard to be a diamond OA journal caught between an authoritarian government and an APC-charging publisher.
Leading environmental health journal defunded by Trump administration has been saved
The American Chemical Society will now publish Environmental Health Perspectives
www.chemistryworld.com
January 12, 2026 at 3:15 PM
Hard to be a diamond OA journal caught between an authoritarian government and an APC-charging publisher.
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[sombrely, with tears in eyes] "truly the people of Iran embody the great spirit of Flumpo The Fart Wizard" - author of Flumpo The Fart Wizard
January 11, 2026 at 11:53 AM
[sombrely, with tears in eyes] "truly the people of Iran embody the great spirit of Flumpo The Fart Wizard" - author of Flumpo The Fart Wizard
"Ultimately, peer review didn’t transform Nature’s standing so much as protect it, converting exclusivity that might have seemed arbitrary into gatekeeping that appeared meritocratic."
Nice piece by Robert Reason on the prestige of Nature www.asimov.press/p/nature
Nice piece by Robert Reason on the prestige of Nature www.asimov.press/p/nature
How Nature Became a 'Prestige' Journal
Since launching in 1869, Nature has evolved from a periodical offering commentary on pigeons to the prestige journal in science. But how did Nature build its reputation, and can it last?
www.asimov.press
January 11, 2026 at 6:57 AM
"Ultimately, peer review didn’t transform Nature’s standing so much as protect it, converting exclusivity that might have seemed arbitrary into gatekeeping that appeared meritocratic."
Nice piece by Robert Reason on the prestige of Nature www.asimov.press/p/nature
Nice piece by Robert Reason on the prestige of Nature www.asimov.press/p/nature
Not at all worrying that Google's AI summary result is usually just an authoritative repackaging of the first Reddit hit on the subject.
January 10, 2026 at 9:12 AM
Not at all worrying that Google's AI summary result is usually just an authoritative repackaging of the first Reddit hit on the subject.
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Séance de lecture collective du livre de @samuelmoore.org chez @erudit.org aujourd'hui. Came for the book, stayed for the biscuits. Or came for the biscuits, stayed for the book. Works both ways! 🫖☕️🍪📖
January 9, 2026 at 9:04 PM
Séance de lecture collective du livre de @samuelmoore.org chez @erudit.org aujourd'hui. Came for the book, stayed for the biscuits. Or came for the biscuits, stayed for the book. Works both ways! 🫖☕️🍪📖
"Paper mills exist purely to make money, and successful ones can make millions. But how does this business model work? Surely, academic journals have editors and peer reviewers who exert quality control on what gets published."
By @deevybee.bsky.social
By @deevybee.bsky.social
Paper Mills: a new threat to scientific publishing – Full Fact
There's a new problem for publication in research: scientific fraud.
fullfact.org
January 8, 2026 at 9:33 AM
"Paper mills exist purely to make money, and successful ones can make millions. But how does this business model work? Surely, academic journals have editors and peer reviewers who exert quality control on what gets published."
By @deevybee.bsky.social
By @deevybee.bsky.social
Academic publishing was bad long before the platformised web. This is a consequence of marketisation not enshittification.
January 8, 2026 at 6:51 AM
Academic publishing was bad long before the platformised web. This is a consequence of marketisation not enshittification.
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📣 First research seminar of 2026! @samuelmoore.org, scholarly communication specialist at Cambridge University Library, will give a talk on 'Publishing beyond the market'.
🎧 Make sure to join!
📅 Friday, 16/1/2025 | 3:00-4:15 PM (CET)
📌 Online & at CWTS
www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/events/20...
🎧 Make sure to join!
📅 Friday, 16/1/2025 | 3:00-4:15 PM (CET)
📌 Online & at CWTS
www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/events/20...
Publishing beyond the market
This talk will outline the argument in my new book Publishing Beyond the Market: Open Access, Care, and the Commons (University of Michigan Press, 2025). The book explores the evolution of the open ac...
www.universiteitleiden.nl
January 7, 2026 at 3:15 PM
📣 First research seminar of 2026! @samuelmoore.org, scholarly communication specialist at Cambridge University Library, will give a talk on 'Publishing beyond the market'.
🎧 Make sure to join!
📅 Friday, 16/1/2025 | 3:00-4:15 PM (CET)
📌 Online & at CWTS
www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/events/20...
🎧 Make sure to join!
📅 Friday, 16/1/2025 | 3:00-4:15 PM (CET)
📌 Online & at CWTS
www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/events/20...
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THE MUNBY FELLOWSHIP IS NOW 12 MONTHS!!!!
If you're thinking about applying, do it. As well as the blissful research time and independence to explore unparalleled collections across Cambridge, you get supportive mentorship, great colleagues and a college environment to boot. I loved it.
If you're thinking about applying, do it. As well as the blissful research time and independence to explore unparalleled collections across Cambridge, you get supportive mentorship, great colleagues and a college environment to boot. I loved it.
Apply to be the 2026-7 Munby Fellow in bibliography and history of the book @theul.bsky.social
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPZ688/m...
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPZ688/m...
Munby Fellowship in Bibliography 2026 - 2027 at University of Cambridge
Searching for an academic job? Explore this Munby Fellowship in Bibliography 2026 - 2027 opening on jobs.ac.uk! Click to view more details and browse other academic jobs.
www.jobs.ac.uk
January 7, 2026 at 12:09 PM
THE MUNBY FELLOWSHIP IS NOW 12 MONTHS!!!!
If you're thinking about applying, do it. As well as the blissful research time and independence to explore unparalleled collections across Cambridge, you get supportive mentorship, great colleagues and a college environment to boot. I loved it.
If you're thinking about applying, do it. As well as the blissful research time and independence to explore unparalleled collections across Cambridge, you get supportive mentorship, great colleagues and a college environment to boot. I loved it.
'And according to @eschares.bsky.social, data suggest that APCs bear almost no relation to publishing expenses. “So that tells me that APCs are not set on really what it costs to produce an article there,” he said. “It’s more prestige.”'
Undark piece on who should pay for scientific publishing.
Undark piece on who should pay for scientific publishing.
In Scientific Publishing, Who Should Foot the Bill?
Publishers often charge authors to publish their publicly-funded research. Will a federal crackdown make a difference?
undark.org
January 7, 2026 at 12:02 PM
'And according to @eschares.bsky.social, data suggest that APCs bear almost no relation to publishing expenses. “So that tells me that APCs are not set on really what it costs to produce an article there,” he said. “It’s more prestige.”'
Undark piece on who should pay for scientific publishing.
Undark piece on who should pay for scientific publishing.
Reposted by Samuel Moore
Apply to be the 2026-7 Munby Fellow in bibliography and history of the book @theul.bsky.social
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPZ688/m...
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPZ688/m...
Munby Fellowship in Bibliography 2026 - 2027 at University of Cambridge
Searching for an academic job? Explore this Munby Fellowship in Bibliography 2026 - 2027 opening on jobs.ac.uk! Click to view more details and browse other academic jobs.
www.jobs.ac.uk
January 5, 2026 at 1:52 PM
Apply to be the 2026-7 Munby Fellow in bibliography and history of the book @theul.bsky.social
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPZ688/m...
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPZ688/m...