Scientific Publishing: Enough is Enough
High profit margins are not the only problem with the existing academic publishing model. In many ways the model slows down the scientific discovery process and makes many of the results unavailable to the public due to the high cost of access (despite the fact that much of the research supporting publication is funded with public money through gov
... See moreMarina Gorbis • The Nature of the Future
More recently, new sites like Sci-Hub and LibGen have achieved far faster and more complete results by playing outside the rules and essentially making every academic paper in the world free of charge, to anyone, at any time, in any country – including poor people in poor places without access to expensive journal subscriptions. Let's call this the... See more
