rmonjay
rmonjay t1_iw3abiw wrote
Reply to comment by JUST_PM_ME_SMT in Chinese scientist develop new method of rare earth mining that is more effective and uses much less toxic chemicals by mutherhrg
The authors pay to have them “Open Access” (i.e., not behind the paywall). Since this article is not free, these authors did not pay for it to be Open Access.
It sure is greedy for a publication to want to pay its bills and salaries and not just operate as a charity. /s
rmonjay t1_iw2idus wrote
Reply to comment by qqite in Chinese scientist develop new method of rare earth mining that is more effective and uses much less toxic chemicals by mutherhrg
> “Don’t support academic research!🤬”
Okay guy, you do you.
rmonjay t1_iw3grd1 wrote
Reply to comment by JUST_PM_ME_SMT in Chinese scientist develop new method of rare earth mining that is more effective and uses much less toxic chemicals by mutherhrg
The amount that Nature, one of the premier science publications, receives in revenue is more than the cost of publishing it. They have dozens of offices and more than 800 staff around the world. They also publish more than 150 other, much less profitable (or even not profitable) academic journals.
If you think that is representative of academic publishing in general, than I suggest you look a bit more closely. Having generally accepted academic journals is a societal benefit. If the schools wanted to publish these papers, like they do in other disciplines, that could be an alternative. However, as long there is no viable alternative, then someone has to pay to collate this information and make it generally accessible.