# eLife survey on mental health in Academia

**URL:** <https://onscienceandacademia.org/t/elife-survey-on-mental-health-in-academia/369>\
**Category:** Academia\
**Created:** [October 30, 2019, 2:10pm UTC](https://onscienceandacademia.org/t/elife-survey-on-mental-health-in-academia/369 "2019-10-30T14:10:36Z")\
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**Author:** ![Gavin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/439d5e/32.png) [@Gavin](https://onscienceandacademia.org/u/Gavin)\
**Post date:** [October 30, 2019, 2:10pm UTC](https://onscienceandacademia.org/t/elife-survey-on-mental-health-in-academia/369/1 "2019-10-30T14:10:36Z")

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eLife is running a survey about the mental health of academics, mostly in relation to people who have provided support to academics experiencing mental health issues.

[https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/eLifeMH](https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/eLifeMH)

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**Author:** ![dmitriz](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/onscienceandacademia.org/dmitriz/32/211_2.png) [@dmitriz](https://onscienceandacademia.org/u/dmitriz)\
**Post date:** [June 7, 2020, 4:41am UTC](https://onscienceandacademia.org/t/elife-survey-on-mental-health-in-academia/369/2 "2020-06-07T04:41:51Z")

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eLife can really and substantially help with mental health in Academia by replacing their APCs with more equitable models:

> **[Flexible membership funding model for Open Access publishing with no...](https://gitlab.com/publishing-reform/discussion/-/issues/103)**
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> UPDATE. The funding model developed and discussed here had been an inspiration for the latest (as for now) article on the subject jointly with @Kouker and @jack.hyland : - \[Hyland,...

Here is why:

> **[Will the APC-OA model put researchers permanently at risk of a new kind of...](https://gitlab.com/publishing-reform/discussion/-/issues/118)**
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> When I started the \[Hybrid vs APC fee-based vs no-fee OA\](https://gitlab.com/publishing-reform/discussion/issues/96) comparison thread, the goal was to highlight and explore in-depth the strengths and weaknesses of each model, mainly expanding...

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**Author:** ![sivashchenko](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/onscienceandacademia.org/sivashchenko/32/440_2.png) [@sivashchenko](https://onscienceandacademia.org/u/sivashchenko)\
**Post date:** [June 11, 2020, 9:25pm UTC](https://onscienceandacademia.org/t/elife-survey-on-mental-health-in-academia/369/3 "2020-06-11T21:25:09Z")

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Hi, the survey I have launched will not be closed and will stay as a memory for people suffered from toxic academic environment. More about it: [toxicscience.com](http://toxicscience.com)