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> Publicly available archival-quality publishing for all science done in the US would cost at least millions a year to administer. The idea is nice, but is just
by gnaritas 11y ago
> Publicly available archival-quality publishing for all science done in the US would cost at least millions a year to administer. The idea is nice, but is just an idea without the funding to make it happen.
This is what government is for and a million a year is a rounding error to the government.
- nmrm2 11y agoAgreed. But I think this is important to point out. It's not as if scientists are lazy or greedy -- they spend the most time and get no benefit out of publications in journals in the status quo. There just aren't compelling alternatives to the traditional model in many disciplines, and most of the time it's due to want of desire rather than want of money.