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[-] ZMoney@lemmy.world 60 points 1 month ago

Scientist here. I encourage everyone to use a shadow library like Scihub to break the stranglehold that Elsevier and Wiley have on the free availability of knowledge. These are financialized corporations that add nothing to society and leach off of scientists' hard work.

[-] alien@lemm.ee 7 points 1 month ago

Why scientists HAVE to publish on those platforms rather than some other reasonable alternative?

[-] Kroxx@lemm.ee 13 points 1 month ago

I would guess university agreements with publishers

[-] alien@lemm.ee 2 points 1 month ago

Oh, that sucks tho

[-] Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

Aka academic corruption.

[-] slazer2au@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

Why scientists HAVE to pay to publish on those platforms rather than some other reasonable alternative?

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