The scientific publishing landscape is facing one of the greatest crises of all time. Paywalls block access to publicly funded knowledge, predatory journals flood the literature with unreliable works, and paper mills produce masses of fake studies with AI-generated data, texts, and images. These developments waste taxpayers’ money, distort research results, lead to misleading experiments, and undermine trust in science as a whole.
The Stockholm Declaration, initiated by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences and published in the Royal Society Open Science, is an urgent call to action. It demands four core principles:
- The academy should regain control over publications,
- Reward quality instead of quantity,
- Establish independent fraud detection,
- Implement legal measures to protect integrity.
It is about sustainable, non-profit models like Diamond Open Access, the departure from “Publish or Perish,” and the fight against fake publications.
As a researcher, you can actively participate! Sign the Stockholm Declaration and join the global coalition for trustworthy science.
Visit https://sciii-it.org/stockholm-declaration/ to declare your support – either fully or for individual points.
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