Add to this idea a more open “peer review” process in place of the present obscure, back-scratching, club-based peer review process, and climate science might be well on its way to depoliticization.
Peter Coles is professor of theoretical astrophysics at Cardiff University, The Guardian, 20 April 2012
The Guardian's recent articles about the absurdities of the academic journal racket have brought out into the open some very important arguments that many academics, including myself, have been making for many years with little apparent effect.
Now this issue is receiving wider attention, I hope sufficient pressure will develop to force radical changes to the way research is communicated, not only between scientists but also between scientists and the public, because this is not just about the exorbitant cost of academic journals and the behaviour of the industry that publishes them. It's about the much wider issue of how science should operate in a democratic society.
See Also:
Open Source Agency: Executive Access Point
THE OPEN SOURCE EVERYTHING MANIFESTO: Transparency, Truth & Trust
