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Re:Academics sharing paywalled papers with a codeword on Twi... by vortico on Wednesday October 21, 2015 @06:36AM (#10424602)
Random guess, but it seems that 50% of journals in the fields I've been in are owned by Elsevier, even if it doesn't appear to be at first. And yes, a publication in an Elsevier or Springer journal rather than a new open-access one can make a difference of prestige that could change which university I work for in the next 4 years, for example.
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Re:Academics sharing paywalled papers with a codeword on Twi... by DarkLinkXXXX on Wednesday October 21, 2015 @11:20AM (#10426023)
> And yes, a publication in an Elsevier or Springer journal rather than a new open-access one can make a difference of prestige that could change which university I work for in the next 4 years, for example.

But won't every university you apply to tell you that that isn't the case?

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Re:Academics sharing paywalled papers with a codeword on Twi... by vortico on Wednesday October 21, 2015 @11:54AM (#10426285)
I've never heard this from any university.
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