I agree with some of the author’s criticisms, but diversity citations are a minor concern compared to the idea of paid access to publicly funded research.
A_D_E_P_T•3mo ago
Yeah, same.
The journals pay reviewers $0, and they pay authors $0, but they charge huge sums for access to the information they gatekeep. They also squat on the copyrights to the works they publish. And if an author wants to publish "open access," they'll charge that author anywhere from $1k to $10k for the privilege.
For all that, they do very little. Arxiv's overall level of quality is actually higher than the average paper in one of Nature's many journals.
The social justice thing is extremely obnoxious, but the business model is what really gets on my nerves...
andy99•3mo ago
Why is that Nature’s problem? I can see granting organizations penalizing recipients that don’t disseminate their work openly. But do you think a company should not be allowed to make a business of publishing papers at a profit?
ckrapu•3mo ago
A_D_E_P_T•3mo ago
The journals pay reviewers $0, and they pay authors $0, but they charge huge sums for access to the information they gatekeep. They also squat on the copyrights to the works they publish. And if an author wants to publish "open access," they'll charge that author anywhere from $1k to $10k for the privilege.
For all that, they do very little. Arxiv's overall level of quality is actually higher than the average paper in one of Nature's many journals.
The social justice thing is extremely obnoxious, but the business model is what really gets on my nerves...
andy99•3mo ago