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> I shouldn't have to pay twice to read research papers I helped fund Most researchers will publish in journals that publish open access for a fee and the mone
by tmalsburg2 10y ago
> I shouldn't have to pay twice to read research papers I helped fund
Most researchers will publish in journals that publish open access for a fee and the money for the fee has to come from somewhere. So in the end the public will spend as much money as they are doing so far.
- adrianN 10y agoMaybe, but currently people outside of universities have a really hard time getting research papers (legally, anyway). So even if the costs stay about the same, a lot more people will have access to the results.
- jupp0r 10y agoTrue, but this at least sets the incentives right to create a system outside of rent-seeking publishers. Journal editors are unpaid for the most part anyway, might as well make that a community effort.