This analysis assesses claims about journal publishers, identifying inaccuracies and nuances in the 60-point list.
Kent Anderson recently wrote a post over at Scholarly Kitchen entitled "A Proposed List — 60 Things Journal Publishers Do". I think this list needs a little mythbusting: I agree with some of the points, think others need qualifying and that others are just hands-down false. So here's my rundown: I also want to add a qualifier: "things publishers do" isn't really good enough.
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