A Library Sciences Masters student, recently sent us a Slideshare presentation titled, 'What's Wrong With Scholarly Publishing Today?'by Bjorn Brembs . It provided a ton of illuminating data on problems that scientists see with academic publishing.

No one is paying us to create Scholastica. We're making it because we think that there are huge problems with the academic publishing industry. And of course, we've taken it upon ourselves to provide solutions to the problems we've found.

I decided to get a little 'academic-y' and do some research on the peer review process because when I thought about my own experience, it went something like this...

The UK House of Commons Science and Technology Committee today released a report on 'Peer Review in Scientific Publications.' They find much room for improvement, especially suggesting a need for greater transparency