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spinne ,
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Shit, some of them charge the authors to publish.

Imgonnatrythis ,

Most do now. Just spent 100 to submit to a highly reputable journal with good impact factor and now $700 for three color figures. It’s a parasitic system. Massive pressure to be publishing all the time too, so you can’t just say fuck em’.

spinne ,
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Now we know where reddit took their profit strategy from

Aurenkin ,

How can these businesses keep running? Storing and distributing documents isn’t exactly the most technically challenging product to build. I’m not in the field though so I’m absolutely certain I’m missing a lot of the nuances here. Can you shed some light on why you think nobody new comes along to our compete these folks?

conciselyverbose ,

Is this their revenue on scientific journal bullshit, or total?

Because I’m pretty sure authors of their actual books get paid.

slacktoid ,
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Define actual books?

Imgonnatrythis ,

Books! 😂 I’ve written chapters and been chief editor for multiple books. The pay for these scientific rags is absolute dirt for authors. Tons of work and unless it’s a major success, no one respects them as they aren’t peer reviewed. We just can’t say no. I’ve spent months writing chapters for absolutely nothing.

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