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I wonder whether production of this paywalled work was funded with tax money. I tried reading it, sadly it appears to demand €14.00 for 24h access and is not e

• sandgiant 4y ago
  It most certainly is funded with tax money. This usually means that the work has to be publicly accessible. Which it is on https://arxiv.org https://arxiv.org. I agree that the fees journals charge to access (even your own) work is absurd, but it's not something most astronomers worry about. astro-ph is where it happens. I don't know about other fields, but the arXiv is really fantastic for astronomy/astrophysics.
  • freemint 4y ago
    > This usually means that the work has to be publicly accessible. False. There is mo such has to. Although europe is making progress in that direction. > Which it is on https://arxiv.org https://arxiv.org. Often false. Arxiv only captures a fraction of disciplines.
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• thesuitonym 4y ago
  Email the authors. They will often send you the document for free.