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The issue with this is the authors of some papers either don't respond or simply aren't alive anymore.
by jowsie 6y ago
The issue with this is the authors of some papers either don't respond or simply aren't alive anymore.
- daotoad 6y agoIt also scales really badly. If a paper becomes prominent and many people want to read it, is it reasonable for the authors to be inundated with hundreds of requests for a copy? What is the point of journals if we rely on word of mouth interactions to share information?
- pradn 6y agoIn the humanities, authors often upload to Academia.EDU. It doesn't seem to have as much use among scientists.