Research and publishing can at times feel like a blackbox. From a researcher's perspctive, there is little training or mentorship on the "how" especically for those in less-resourced institutions of learning. Often times one is daunted by requirements of research and publishing. With little knowledge on the proces, for researchers, getting published can feel like a lottery - if you are lucky you may get published. Demands "to be analytical and not descriptive, apply rigour, be scholarly" can overwhelm scholars. Working as a collective makes it easier for scholars to ease into publishing, it also offers alternatives to closed publishng spaces.
