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Ask HN: Why are a lot of research papers behind paywalls?
I always wondered why there were so many research papers placed behind paywalls? It seems to counter productive to research?
- yesenadam 8y agoIt is. There's a lot of money in it! That's why there's SciHub, e.g. http://libgen.io/scimag/index.php http://libgen.io/scimag/index.php
- mrburton 8y agoWho makes the money? The scientists who publish the papers? It reminds me a lot of how software development use to be "back in the day".
- yesenadam 8y agoElsevier ($25 billion a year) etc.
- lamchob 8y ago100% The publishers. Neither the reviewers, nor the authors get compensation. The only thing they get is to claim they review/publish in <insert relevant journal>. The process is deeply flawed and there is a movement called open access to fight this. Edit: The saddest thing is, that a lot of research behind paywalls is publicly funded