Editing Science Publishing DAO (section)

=== "Publish or Perish" ===
Big Science Publishing not only owns the journals that disseminate scientific knowledge, but control the workflow of science itself (Figure 1)<ref>Bjorn Brembs, “Replacing Academic Journals” Available at https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5564003&#x3E;&#x20;9/2021 (Retrieved 2023 April 20)</ref>. They manage the reputation system that determines a scientist’s career and impact, as well as the funding potential available to them, and they own the overwhelming majority of scientific copyrights. Any scientist must work within their system – the result of years of labor, passion, and thought – to survive, let alone have any impact.

However, science is meant to be decentralized and distributed. '''Decentralization and distribution are not only important on the principle of more people having access to science, but are required for any successful scientific endeavor'''. It is no secret that In order to discover findings that are truly universal, findings must be verified and replicated by as many people as possible across geographic, governmental, and institutional lines. A decentralized community of researchers seeking deeper truths is necessary for scientific knowledge to flourish.
[[File:"Publish or Perish".png|thumb|'''Figure 1''': Basic sketch of the status quo in Academic Publishing post-internet. Publishers have an outsized control of the ecosystem for the value they offer: digital marketing.  This has inadvertent negative effects on the efficacy and health of the Scientific Commons.]]