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Re:Sweden ends contract with Elsevier, moving for open acces... by maccard on Friday May 18, 2018 @03:53AM (#17099456)
> Any journal submission I write requires having several publications open in front of me at any given time, and that is a lot easier with paper journals instead of PDFs.

I strongly disagree I’ve writtrn two published articles and two dissertations, and PDF versions have made my life so much easier (mendeley in particular)

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Re:Sweden ends contract with Elsevier, moving for open acces... by Mediterraneo10 on Friday May 18, 2018 @03:57AM (#17099478)
Why "strongly disagree"? If PDFs have helped you, then that speaks for the value that I suggested of having both paper and PDF.
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