'The journals are already dead': researchers debate the collapse of academic publishing
Pseudomanifold · x · 2026-10-23
Researcher plumsirawit responded to a debate on the future of academic publishing by declaring the journals "already dead — we're just waiting for humans to realize it." The quoted post argues for tearing down the journal system or simply letting its relevance fade. The exchange captures growing sentiment that AI is accelerating the collapse of traditional peer-review publishing.
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