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Re:Sci-Hub’s cache of pirated papers is so big, subscription... by majewsky on Thursday July 27, 2017 @04:32PM (#14869181)
> outside top 500 scientists across all the fields combined no one produces quality papers

Just to make sure I read this correctly: Are you saying that, when judging by paper quality, there are only 500 good scientists on Earth?

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Re:Sci-Hub’s cache of pirated papers is so big, subscription... by notyourday on Thursday July 27, 2017 @04:47PM (#14869322)
Only about 500 produce readable manuscripts to start. Publishers have their names because it changes schedules that much.
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Re:Sci-Hub’s cache of pirated papers is so big, subscription... by mkl on Thursday July 27, 2017 @07:15PM (#14870591)
That sounds absurd. What are your sources?
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Re:Sci-Hub’s cache of pirated papers is so big, subscription... by notyourday on Friday July 28, 2017 @10:32AM (#14874493)
Pillow talk with someone who ran production for hundreds of STEM journals for two of the publishers
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