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Can someone who's familiar with this research paper subscription model that is threatened a la Elsevier explain to me how we got here? I am curious if at one t
by bogomipz 9y ago
Can someone who's familiar with this research paper subscription model that is threatened a la Elsevier explain to me how we got here?
I am curious if at one time did Universities publish these independently and were they more accessible to the public? When did this practice of restricting access to papers via subscriptions begin?
- dougmccune 9y agoThis long article about Robert Maxwell does a great job answering your question: https://www.theguardian.com/science/2017/jun/27/profitable-business-scientific-publishing-bad-for-science https://www.theguardian.com/science/2017/jun/27/profitable-b...
- bogomipz 9y agoThis is a really fascinating read. Thanks! Cheers.