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Why would that make for a reasonable threat to the publishers or government? The power the academics have here is much more direct, if they are organised enough
by rcxdude 6y ago
Why would that make for a reasonable threat to the publishers or government? The power the academics have here is much more direct, if they are organised enough to make such an action: they can simply stop using the journals (indeed many fields and subfields do not use such closed-access journals).
- breck 6y agoYour idea is better than mine. > indeed many fields and subfields do not use such closed-access journals This would maybe make for a good public ranking—showing a list of fields and percentage of open access journals—and hopefully academic in closed fields would adapt quickly to avoid the embarrassment.