Wednesday, July 27, 2022

Ironic: Paper relying on Citizen Science unavailable to citizens

 I was unable to find a copy of this paper online:

Martin, Daniel, Marika Mecca, Miguel Meca, Godfried van Moorsel, and Chiara Romano. "Citizen science and integrative taxonomy reveal a great diversity within Caribbean Chaetopteridae (Annelida), with the description of one new species." Invertebrate Systematics.

 I think CSIRO is involved in this publication, though I'm not sure.  In any event, this begs disbelief; it is just one more example of how big scientific publishing is operating to disfavor non-institutional science.  

One is struck by a lighting bolt of helplessness.  Capitalism is standing in the road.

 

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