From the archive: Is the staggeringly profitable business of scientific publishing bad for science?

Published: April 20, 2022, 4 a.m.

We are raiding the Audio Long Read archives to bring you some classic pieces from years past, with new introductions from the authors. This week, from 2017: It is an industry like no other, with profit margins to rival Google \u2013 and it was created by one of Britain\u2019s most notorious tycoons: Robert Maxwell by Stephen Buranyi. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod