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Re:That $35 that scientific journals charge goes 100% to pub... by guipsp on Tuesday July 31, 2018 @07:13PM (#17658150)
This would be a good reply, except you've failed to acknowledge arxiv's existence.

Is the value of journals over arxiv worth the price? (market says yes, but markets are sometimes wrong).

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Re:That $35 that scientific journals charge goes 100% to pub... by romwell on Tuesday July 31, 2018 @08:24PM (#17658562)
>This would be a good reply, except you've failed to acknowledge arxiv's existence.

Or SciHub's, for that matter.

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Re:That $35 that scientific journals charge goes 100% to pub... by MrEldritch on Tuesday July 31, 2018 @08:09PM (#17658492)
Come to think of it, what does pay arXiv's bills?
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Re:That $35 that scientific journals charge goes 100% to pub... by bibixii929 on Tuesday July 31, 2018 @08:48PM (#17658706)
Universities and foundations, etc.

https://arxiv.org/help/support/faq#2B

https://confluence.cornell.edu/display/arxivpub/arXiv+Budget...

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