Thousands of scientists run up against Elsevier’s paywall

Re:Thousands of scientists run up against Elsevier’s paywall by fredbo22 on Friday February 08, 2019 @10:56AM (#19115366)

Yes. I agree.

The authors have had the solution in front of them from the beginning. They've been free to send out free copies from the time they finish.

But if they want the advantages that come from journals, well, someone is going to need to pay for them.

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Re:Thousands of scientists run up against Elsevier’s paywall by asdff on Friday February 08, 2019 @02:39PM (#19117897)

If you email any author I guarantee they will send you a PDF of the paper.

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Re:Thousands of scientists run up against Elsevier’s paywall by wolfgke on Friday February 08, 2019 @02:58PM (#19118061)

> If you email any author I guarantee they will send you a PDF of the paper.

So let us create a website that for a given paywalled URL automatically emails the authors for a PDF. ;-)

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Re:Thousands of scientists run up against Elsevier’s paywall by pessimizer on Saturday February 09, 2019 @08:04AM (#19122053)

I'm pretty sure someone actually did that. Google around for it.

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Re:Thousands of scientists run up against Elsevier’s paywall by panic on Saturday February 09, 2019 @05:58AM (#19121747)

Not all authors will respond to email promptly. And many have retired or even died -- there are decades-old papers still behind paywalls.

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