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This is a terrible take. Journals without fees (or lower fees) are available. Why don’t researchers publish in those? Presumably because the journals that ch
by refurb 4y ago
This is a terrible take.
Journals without fees (or lower fees) are available. Why don’t researchers publish in those?
Presumably because the journals that charge high fees offer something the lower cost ones don’t.
- Dylan16807 4y agoThey have network effects. Charging for network effects is rent seeking.
- refurb 4y agoNetwork effects are dominant due to reach. Open access journals have even more reach than the paywall journals. So it's not that.