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[-] Gork@lemm.ee 180 points 2 months ago

Isn't it a bit ridiculous for researchers to have to pay a publisher to publish the content that they themselves make money from?

They're double dipping, and also triple dipping with the peer reviews done on a volunteer basis.

A racket, I say.

[-] leisesprecher@feddit.org 32 points 2 months ago

I'm still not sure, what exactly the journals are actually doing.

Like, in all seriousness, what service do they provide? Just hosting the platform for anonymized reviews and basically a blog for the actual articles? That should cost maybe a few millions each year, yet this sector makes billions in revenue.

[-] MonkeMischief@lemmy.today 14 points 2 months ago

Gatekeeping As A Service.

Eeeghh. Such parasites.

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