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It's definitely Elsivier that has an effective monopoly and loves to keep it.

• refurb 5y ago
  Monopoly on publishing scientific papers? How?
  • type0 5y ago
    In many fields they do have a monopoly
    • refurb 5y ago
      No. Anyone is free to start a journal, open source of you prefer. What they have is the only prestigious journal in a field. That’s like saying Apple has a monopoly on laptops.
      • Bancakes 5y ago
        Apple has a monopoly on the apple logo. They certainly don't make the best phones and laptops, not by a long shot. Same thing here, most people don't really bat an eye and want curated science.
      • type0 5y ago
        > That’s like saying Apple has a monopoly on laptops. They do have a monopoly on MacOS computers, some software requires to run on MacOS, in such cases users have no choice at all.