Early Praise

“This book astounded me.”

“Being a scientist, academic, and public health advocate, I’ve known science is under attack from several angles. This book astounded me. It reveals the ugly truths about the exploitation of scientific publishing by tech-bros and tricksters, and how the idea of greater access to scientific papers crashes head-on into profit through deception. An eye-opening must read.”

— Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD

     Founder, Defend Public Health

 

“I hope the scientific community embraces [their] suggestions.”

“As a medical journal editor, I’m well-aware of the imperfections of scholarly publishing. Technology held promise to address some of those imperfections. Sadly, Kent Anderson and Joy Moore provide a compelling account of how the internet, digital publishing, social media, open access, and other ‘advances’ are conspiring to threaten not only the communication of science, but science itself. They harness their substantial experience to suggest actions to help remedy the mess. I hope the scientific community embraces those suggestions.”

— Christine Laine, MD, MPH

     Editor in Chief, Annals of Internal Medicine

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“A bracing read.”

“How the Internet Disrupted Science demonstrates that what started as an effort to provide digital access to scientific journals with rigorous editorial and peer-review has devolved into a playground of advertisements disguised as papers. The journey is a frightening one, but things can be rectified in ways suggested by the authors. A bracing read.”

— Martin Frank, PhD
     Executive Director, American Physiological Society (retired)