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I'm surprised there aren't more comments here. Maybe it's because most agree, and there really isn't much more to be said? Anyways, thank you very much for sha

I'm surprised there aren't more comments here. Maybe it's because most agree, and there really isn't much more to be said? Anyways, thank you very much for sharing.

jessaustin 11y ago
Yeah currently there are 50 upvotes and 2 comments. You see that kind of ratio when TFA is simply correct.
acomjean 11y ago
Authors/Scientist have little problem with getting their work into out there to as many people as possible. People want the knowledge. So the only ones really objecting to this are the publishers. As someone who works at the edge of biology, I have noted that the publishing business reviews the papers get knowledgeable peer-reviewers(pressed for time) and then ask difficult questions of the authors. Some papers aren't good enough, they get rejected. This culling has some value, much as it irritates the scientists. Scientists are always trying to get their work published/sited and ranking journals is something that happens with some regularity http://www.citefactor.org/journal-impact-factor-list-2014_0-A.html http://www.citefactor.org/journal-impact-factor-list-2014_0-... Of course, want to download an article on the first genome assembly of drosophila from 15 years ago... $30. (I can access articles like this though my work in academia, if I go though the library and cross my fingers the moon is in the right phase, the the pdf link might show up). Holding knowledge and parsing it out for profits is somewhat suspect. Note that anything US government NIH funded since 2005 is required to have access. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/about/public-access/ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/about/public-access/ for example. This paper, published by a coworker in an official "journal" but still available for free via pubmed. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23443684 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23443684 I get the "joy" of uploading lots of data from screens to the us goverment pubchem website. I'm not sure anyone downloads it, but its there. They have an interesting embargo system which holds the data till publication (I've never used that, some people really care about that stuff) Researchers in academia also pass around papers. The peer reviewers do to, if they find something interesting. We've gotten requests for data from unpublished papers.
- DarkLinkXXXX 11y ago
  Great to hear. I've found another way to get access is to simply email the author of a paper. Of course, this mostly only works for those still enrolled at the academic institution where the research took place, but I've had good luck with it.

I'm surprised there aren't more comments here. Maybe it's because most agree, and there really isn't much more to be said? Anyways, thank you very much for sharing.

jessaustin 11y ago

Yeah currently there are 50 upvotes and 2 comments. You see that kind of ratio when TFA is simply correct.

acomjean 11y ago

Authors/Scientist have little problem with getting their work into out there to as many people as possible. People want the knowledge. So the only ones really objecting to this are the publishers. As someone who works at the edge of biology, I have noted that the publishing business reviews the papers get knowledgeable peer-reviewers(pressed for time) and then ask difficult questions of the authors. Some papers aren't good enough, they get rejected. This culling has some value, much as it irritates the scientists. Scientists are always trying to get their work published/sited and ranking journals is something that happens with some regularity http://www.citefactor.org/journal-impact-factor-list-2014_0-A.html http://www.citefactor.org/journal-impact-factor-list-2014_0-... Of course, want to download an article on the first genome assembly of drosophila from 15 years ago... $30. (I can access articles like this though my work in academia, if I go though the library and cross my fingers the moon is in the right phase, the the pdf link might show up). Holding knowledge and parsing it out for profits is somewhat suspect. Note that anything US government NIH funded since 2005 is required to have access. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/about/public-access/ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/about/public-access/ for example. This paper, published by a coworker in an official "journal" but still available for free via pubmed. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23443684 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23443684 I get the "joy" of uploading lots of data from screens to the us goverment pubchem website. I'm not sure anyone downloads it, but its there. They have an interesting embargo system which holds the data till publication (I've never used that, some people really care about that stuff) Researchers in academia also pass around papers. The peer reviewers do to, if they find something interesting. We've gotten requests for data from unpublished papers.

DarkLinkXXXX 11y ago
Great to hear. I've found another way to get access is to simply email the author of a paper. Of course, this mostly only works for those still enrolled at the academic institution where the research took place, but I've had good luck with it.