buhics

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   by buhics 8y ago

   I don't buy the sense of duty argument. It's good for the career. Until the appearance of the notion of open peer-review, the reviews were not public and thrown away by the editor after the publishing decision. Concerning the sens
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   by buhics 8y ago

   > When it comes to subscriptions: academic libraries, under pressure of academics. Where are these researchers who pressure the academic libraries to buy subscriptions? I never saw them, except if they are in the management. If we were t
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   by buhics 8y ago

   Yes, many of them follow the path of least resistance, but not all of them. Even the usual researcher from the middle of the herd votes against publishers with the reading behaviors.
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   by buhics 8y ago

   Yes, most of the time. Publishers should be blamed because they ask money for a service which is no longer needed. But who gives them the money, nevertheless? Academic management. Researchers have very little to say about this, except if yo
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   by buhics 8y ago

   I've always said that the problem is not framed correctly. Who gives money to the greedy publisher, for basically nothing? Blame them first and the problem will go away. EDIT: blame the academic management who gives the money to the pu