Ask the Community — Thoughts on a Class Action Lawsuit Brought Against Scholarly Publishers
Antitrust litigation has been filed against six major scholarly publishers. We reached out to the community for their thoughts.
Matt Hodgkinson is a freelance publishing and research integrity consultant. After studying for a biology degree and a Master’s in genetics, he worked in open-access science journal publishing, first as an editor on the BMC-series journals and with PLOS ONE, and then heading the Research Integrity team at Hindawi. He was a Research Integrity Manager at the UK Research Integrity Office (UKRIO). He is a council member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) and Treasurer of the European Association of Science (EASE).