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> who gives them the money, nevertheless? When it comes to subscriptions: academic libraries, under pressure of academics. (And in this case, a group of German
by Vinnl 8y ago
> who gives them the money, nevertheless?
When it comes to subscriptions: academic libraries, under pressure of academics. (And in this case, a group of German libraries finally refused to do so.)
When it comes to disproportionally high publishing fees, however, academics do have something to say, because they can often choose to publish somewhere with lower fees. However, that's not really an option as long as their career progression is determined by which journals they publish in. Thus, I think part of the cause there is those who use journal names as a criterion when judging e.g. grant applicants.
- buhics 8y ago> When it comes to subscriptions: academic libraries, under pressure of academics. Where are these researchers who pressure the academic libraries to buy subscriptions? I never saw them, except if they are in the management. If we were to speak in market terms, well, publishers are private entities driven by the market forces, right? So in market terms the clients (researchers) manifest a strong preference for other products than those offered by the publishers. Why do they still exist? Does not make any sense, except if we recognize also that the market is perturbed by the fact that somebody still buys their product and forces the clients to consume and to produce it.