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Re:Academic publishers reap huge profits as libraries go broke by cafebeen on Tuesday June 16, 2015 @10:15PM (#9729776)
I think there are two challenges here. First, opting out of major publication venues is essentially sacrificing your career (no funding/tenure). Second, researchers simply don't have free time to start up an alternative publication system. I think the funding agencies can do a lot more here though...
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Re:Academic publishers reap huge profits as libraries go broke by anigbrowl on Tuesday June 16, 2015 @10:21PM (#9729790)
OTOH, if everyone who had tenure already cooperated then they would wield considerable power at low risk.
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Re:Academic publishers reap huge profits as libraries go broke by privong on Wednesday June 17, 2015 @09:28AM (#9731615)
Tenure isn't the last step of promotion for faculty. There's still full professorships, salary increases, named professorships, the chance to advance to administration (if so inclined). So, while tenured faculty have more job security, there are still substantial incentives to publish in prestigious journals.
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