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[–] ZMoney@lemmy.world 59 points 2 months ago (1 children)

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 2 months ago (2 children)

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

[–] Kroxx@lemm.ee 13 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I would guess university agreements with publishers

[–] alien@lemm.ee 2 points 2 months ago

Oh, that sucks tho

[–] Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

Aka academic corruption.

[–] slazer2au@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago

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