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The authors give the rights over to journal when they submit the paper. The authors depend on publishing in high impact-factor journals for tenure and continue
by rrmm 5y ago
The authors give the rights over to journal when they submit the paper. The authors depend on publishing in high impact-factor journals for tenure and continued funding.
Not all academics support it and several groups have opted out, publishing in open access only or organizing their own journals and conferences.
- zentiggr 5y agoI can see a possible future where only a few holdouts rely on 'prestige' as a decision criteria, while a majority of academic fields/groups have switched to open access... and the former get only more and more vocal about the decline of science, or some screeching point.