About This Trend

Rik Van de Walle is a Belgian computer science professor and rector of the KU Leuven, a research university in Belgium. He is trending on Twitter because of his strong stance against academic publishers, particularly Elsevier, which has sparked a heated debate about open access and the cost of scientific publishing. His criticisms have resonated with many in the academic community, who are frustrated with the high costs and restrictive access to research papers.

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