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Academic here. There is no reason why these articles should have to cost $45. Academics have to publish in name-brand journals to get recognized, and these high
by impendia 12y ago
Academic here. There is no reason why these articles should have to cost $45. Academics have to publish in name-brand journals to get recognized, and these high prices are pure rent-seeking on behalf of the publishers.
- autokad 12y agopublishers need to make money too. i also dislike this anti 'rent-seeking' culture. if there is no reason for it to cost that much, start your own publishing company and give out the materials for free (or some lower price).
- magicalist 12y ago> start your own publishing company and give out the materials for free There are many people that are moving exactly to this. As ever, the problem is that the market is not perfectly fluid and things like academic cultural biases, impressions of prestige, etc often do not follow the most efficient contours. Posts like the GP's are called for precisely because they call attention to this and try to shift perception.
- glesica 12y agoYep, that's what the whole Open Access movement is about, and it is making good progress.