The data Elsevier harvests (and sells) (eiko-fried.com)

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Academics produce papers and give it to Elsevier for free. Academics referee the paper for free. Elsevier sells the papers back to Academics. This has been their business model for some time... but now they've found another way to monetize you. They sell your data.

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

Well isn't research fun? Publish or perish