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Is this even possible under the licensing agreements of journals? Why isn't every country already doing this?
by sudhirj 6y ago
Is this even possible under the licensing agreements of journals? Why isn't every country already doing this?
- newswasboring 6y agoI'm guessing they will be able to define their own license if the order is big enough. If not, I think a new National Library can be established and every citizen is automatically a member?
- AndrewOMartin 6y agoMaybe because the country sees the absurdity in paying for the research and then paying again to read the results.
- wolco2 6y agoWhy not create a new journal that would be free for all? If the subscription journals provide no value I don't see the problem.
- input_sh 6y agoThere's plenty of such journals out there (commonly referred to as open access journals). But popular subscription journals are seen as crown jewels for researchers and readers are unwilling to pay ridiculous amounts of money to read a paper or two, so sci-hub remains extremely popular.
- netizen-9748 6y agoAs a scientist, it is of my opinion that this is rather absurd. Research should be viewed as being for the betterment of humanity and furthering our knowledge, not personal prestige
- vagrantJin 6y agoAs a former scientist, the depths of academia I have visited and what I have seen had better not reach the light of day.
- rusticpenn 6y agoUnfortunately ones career is based on personal prestige in this field.
- whereistimbo 6y agoBut would it be indexed by Scopus, which is owned by Elsevier? Some research grants might require researcher's past findings to be indexed in Scopus.
- HPsquared 6y agoThey already are, effectively, through publicly-funded universities.