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A comment on French Universities Cancel Subscriptions to Springer Journals. Parent comment

Re:French Universities Cancel Subscriptions to Springer Jour... by Mediterraneo10 on Monday April 02, 2018 @10:04AM (#16734532)
> You neglect the costs of submission, revision, resubmisssion etc. which are borne by the authors.

I neglect those because journals in my own field are both free to publish in and, more often than not, open-access. I do understand that not everyone is so fortunate, however.

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Re:French Universities Cancel Subscriptions to Springer Jour... by barry-cotter on Monday April 02, 2018 @07:08PM (#16740276)
I’m talking about time, not money. Because those costs absolutely are borne by the authors. Insofar as peer review hinders the free dissemination of ideas it also hurts the scientific community and those who depend on its research.
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