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Scientists can reproduce the findings and publish their own paper, instead of pirating someone else work.
by oneshtein 1y ago
Scientists can reproduce the findings and publish their own paper, instead of pirating someone else work.
- FabHK 1y agoHow do you reproduce a paper without having read it?
- oneshtein 1y agoObviously, someone must buy the paper, reproduce it, compare with original work, and then publish result for free. Same thing as for free software: someone must by a computer, write a software, then publish it on github.
- ardfard 1y agoPublishing it on GitHub is optional; you can publish it anywhere accessible. And unlike these journals, it doesn't cost you anything to access free software. In fact, paywalling it makes it unfree.
- dns_snek 1y ago> pirating someone else work. Are you aware that you're not paying the authors, but paying the journal, who usually don't pay the authors anything and even demand payment FROM the author to publish their article in the first place? This is not like buying a book, journals are leeches with morally indefensible business models.
- oneshtein 1y agoAuthors decided to pay to these journals and play by their rules in return for something, that have value for them. I respect their choice. However, I also want to have better science with free access. I can reproduce few papers, and publish my work for free, if someone will peer review them for free.
- dns_snek 1y ago> Authors decided to pay to these journals and play by their rules in return for something, that have value for them. I respect their choice. Have you ever spoken to anyone who works in academia? Because almost everyone will tell you that they couldn't care less if people get their articles from SciHub. Academia is much uglier than you're romanticizing it to be.
- oneshtein 1y agoYep, I spoke. Yeo, they don't care, or have no clue. Nope, I respect their choice. IMHO, SciHub should be opt-in instead of opt-out to be legal.
- EbNar 1y agoI think you don't know what you're talking about.