Blog: BMJ Opinion: Dear Father Christmas—The BMJ Patient Advisory Panel’s wish list

Andy · Dec 20, 2019

Dear Father Christmas,

I do apologise for bothering you. I know December is fiendishly busy, and how you manage to conjure such good cheer in it, year in, year out, century by century, has long baffled me. Are you impervious to burnout? And how are you keeping abreast of children’s wish lists these days? With written letters dying a death you must be being bombarded by e-mails and social media. Just as well you have those young elves to lend a hand. Under the circumstances, it’s audacious to send on a grown-up’s wish list, but I’ve had my arm twisted to do so by members of the BMJ’s patient advisory panel. For some unfathomable reason they think you might find time to read it; and that your goodwill and unbelievable skills may hold the key to realising their wishes. So here goes….
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Sly Saint · Dec 20, 2019

Andy said: ↑

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All I Want for Christmas … Is a Better Scientific Publishing Model

https://powerfulpatients.org/2019/1...tmas-is-a-better-scientific-publishing-model/

Scientific publishing is broken.

That may sound like hyperbole, but it’s not – there’s a rising tide of voices, in academic and policy circles, as well as from the general public, calling for change in how science is reported professionally.
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Sean · Dec 21, 2019

https://powerfulpatients.org/2019/1...tmas-is-a-better-scientific-publishing-model/

The two main contributors to the content of scientific journals – the paper authors, and the peer reviewers – provide their work virtually free of charge. That free labor, in combination with the close to 40% profit margins in scientific publishing,
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