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And my point was that the average number of times a research paper gets read is low, regardless of whether it's behind a paywall or freely accessible. Given the

And my point was that the average number of times a research paper gets read is low, regardless of whether it's behind a paywall or freely accessible. Given the costs of commercial publishing, the average cost of reading a paper must be high, no matter who pays for it and how.

kevviiinn 4y ago
It's far too high, the publishers shouldn't be able to capitalize on publicly funded research by gate keeping it