Re:Sci-Hub’s cache of pirated papers is so big, subscription...
by ssalazar on Thursday July 27, 2017 @07:45PM
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> Late addition: The cost of distribution of a scientific journal in electronic format is minuscule
"The annual budget for arXiv is approximately $826,000 for 2013 to 2017, funded jointly by Cornell University Library, the Simons Foundation (in both gift and challenge grant forms) and annual fee income from member institutions."
Until its not, or until, as a commercial enterprise, Medium decides to completely pivot, or decides a controversial paper is too much bad publicity.
If I publish to Medium, will future researchers be able to find my article in 10 years? In 50?
Also I don't see how you've taken peer review into account here.
"The annual budget for arXiv is approximately $826,000 for 2013 to 2017, funded jointly by Cornell University Library, the Simons Foundation (in both gift and challenge grant forms) and annual fee income from member institutions."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ArXiv
> Medium.com is free.
Until its not, or until, as a commercial enterprise, Medium decides to completely pivot, or decides a controversial paper is too much bad publicity. If I publish to Medium, will future researchers be able to find my article in 10 years? In 50? Also I don't see how you've taken peer review into account here.