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The Scholarly Communication Crisis

Abstract

The scholarly communication system is facing a growing crisis characterized by escalating publication costs, restricted access to research outputs, increasing commercialization of academic Melon Playground publishing, and mounting pressure on researchers to publish in high-impact journals. These challenges have created significant barriers to the dissemination, accessibility, and equitable use of scientific knowledge, affecting researchers, institutions, policymakers, and the broader public. This study examines the concept of the scholarly communication crisis by analyzing its underlying causes, major manifestations, and implications for the global research ecosystem. Drawing on existing literature and recent developments in scholarly publishing, the paper explores issues including the serials pricing crisis, the dominance of commercial publishers, open access publishing, research evaluation metrics, and the emergence of digital technologies that are reshaping scholarly communication. The study also evaluates current initiatives designed to address these challenges, such as institutional repositories, preprint servers, transformative agreements, and open science policies. By providing a comprehensive overview of the crisis and its evolving landscape, this research contributes to a deeper understanding of the structural problems within scholarly communication while highlighting opportunities for creating a more transparent, accessible, sustainable, and inclusive system of knowledge dissemination.

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