Science’s Pirate Queen

Re:Science’s Pirate Queen by kkylin on Thursday February 08, 2018 @10:21PM (#16337679)

Intentional or not, pay-to-publish also acts as a barrier-to-entry for less well-funded research groups.

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Re:Science’s Pirate Queen by Fomite on Friday February 09, 2018 @12:49AM (#16338181)

This is a very real thing - a open access paper or two per year is, for example, a non-trivial amount of my startup funding.

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Re:Science’s Pirate Queen by icelancer on Friday February 09, 2018 @02:14AM (#16338502)

Many OA journals have fee waivers.

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Re:Science’s Pirate Queen by Fomite on Friday February 09, 2018 @01:08PM (#16342438)

Said fee waivers are often for fairly specific requirements, and "I'd rather spend the money on something else" isn't among them.

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