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Mark Wieczorek
@mrak.solarsystem.social
Planetary geophysicist at the Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris (IPGP). https://mrak.solarsystem.social

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So next time any of the big publishers contact you: IGNORE THEM. Or better yet, accept the review assignment, but don't do it!
November 12, 2025 at 3:07 PM
I think that the only response that will have any consequence is simply NOT TO RESPOND AT ALL. By not responding, you slow down the review process. The editors get frustrated. The reviewers are less qualified. And the authors become frustrated by how their manuscript was treated.
November 12, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Probably not.
November 12, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Will the editor read the letter and say "You know, you're right. I should quit my job and work for another more equitable journal." Or maybe "Good point, I should try to convince our CEOs to lower the APCs. Something has to change!"
November 12, 2025 at 3:07 PM
@joplinapp @20i congrats!! And all done without AI !
September 21, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Reposted by Mark Wieczorek
Update. Next month the #royalsociety will reopen the question of expelling #elonmusk. This time the provocation is Musk's "violence is coming" address to a far-right rally in London last week.
https://www.thenewworld.co.uk/james-ball-royal-society-to-debate-throwing-out-elon-musk/

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Original post on fediscience.org
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September 17, 2025 at 7:02 PM
@brembs Just repeating what the director of our institute said when we asked for 10,000 euros to start a diamond open access journal.
July 30, 2025 at 3:15 PM
@brembs Transformative agreements are the solution. Instead of paying 4000 euros to publish an article, its now free for authors and our institution only pays 3000.
July 30, 2025 at 2:48 PM
@joplinapp No thanks. But thanks for making this an optional plugin!
July 24, 2025 at 1:30 PM
@ssilvonen You could try Nextcloud with the Memories app.
July 24, 2025 at 12:16 PM