September 9, 2026 — A Lack of Consumer Protection

The DISRUPTED SCIENCE Podcast · Sep 9, 2026 · 1h 4m

A recent press release from Springer Nature — gussied up to pretend it was a “white paper” representing “findings” and pushed right out through Research Information, where press releases go for release — provided a litany of incentives being pursued by the author-pays Gold OA publishers these days:

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However, these are not reliable incentives. Some work against OA publisher finances. Each one has been hacked to death. All three are meaningless to whether the scientific claims being made are important or reliable.

Worse, they reveal a rejection of the duty of care…