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Recent Original Research
[1] OpenArxiv:20251004.1
[pdf, 37 pages, 211 KB]
Oct 04, 2025
Fostering Innovation Through Sociological Overhaul: A Proposal for a Community-driven Open Research Ecosystem (CORE)
This article analyzes the deep, systemic flaws within the current sociological structures in basic research. From peer review and publication culture to funding allocation and the tenure system, we reveal a structural crisis defined by broken feedback loops, perverse incentives, and the rise of acad
[2] OpenArxiv:20250321.1
[pdf, 33 pages, 227 KB]
Mar 21, 2025
OePRESS: an Open ePrint and Rigorous Evaluation System for STEM
In light of the failed peer review system in basic research, we propose a novel open science initiative: an Open ePrint and Rigorous Evaluation System for STEM (OePRESS). In particular, three different types of research activities --- original research, indirect contributions (e.g., participation in
[3] OpenArxiv:20230619.1
[pdf, 27 pages, 255 KB]
Jun 19, 2023
A Robust Community-Based Credit System to Enhance Peer Review in Scientific Research
Using an analogy with the capitalist economy, we examine the issues within modern basic science research as innovation drives both evolutionary cycles of the economy and research. In particular, we delve into the topics of peer review, academic monopolies and start-ups, the tenure system, and academ