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Re:I'm a programmer – how can I help SciHub? by Scoundreller on Sunday July 11, 2021 @10:12PM (#27806213)
> It can range from $2500 in decent peer-reviewed journals to $10,000+ in Nature.

As an n=1, I had a professor run out of money from their grant, so he gave a sob story to the journal and they agreed to make it open-access for free. I guess it depends on the journal.

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Re:I'm a programmer – how can I help SciHub? by johnisgood on Sunday July 11, 2021 @11:00PM (#27806477)
Well, in that case SciHub is definitely more convenient. Repeating the same sob stories sounds time-consuming, and might still get denied.
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Re:I'm a programmer – how can I help SciHub? by Scoundreller on Monday July 12, 2021 @01:30AM (#27807344)
nono, he was publishing. Maybe it was a requirement of the grant or he didn't want to be behind the paywall-of-shame, but he spent all the grant money on the research. (Bad budgeting? Unexpected bill? dunno).

I guess he would have paid out-of-pocket if the journal didn't accept the sob story.

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