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We do the writing. We do the editing. We do the reviewing. We do the formatting (we typeset everything in LaTeX). We do the proofreading. We correct the mistakes introduced by proofreaders.

What do publishers do? They make us sign silly copyright forms, stamp their logo on our papers, and then proceed to charge *us* (either as authors or readers) ridiculous amounts.

People think academics/scientists are clever. We might be. But we are also stupid. And vain.

#openaccess

#openaccess

Rense Corten 12 Monate her •

I completely agree. Yet, there are relatively few independent, non-profit Open Access journals around as an alternative. In my field, Sociological Science is one of the few.

Jorge Peña 12 Monate her •

It is high time for scientific societies to leave for-profit publishers and convince governments to fund their diamond open-access journals. And it is high time for national agencies to stop burning public money into funding scientists funding greedy golden open-access publishers. This kafkaesque dystopic world of academic publishing needs to stop, quickly.

Brendan Jones 12 Monate her •

absolutely. Public funding should require public publishing.

Doug Webb 12 Monate her •

It's a bit of a charade by now... Those of us without access will just use Sci-hub even though we shouldn't.

It feels like having 2nd class full on the train, 1st class empty.

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