Comment on Walls within walls
IAmNorRealTakeYourMeds@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
The fact that public funds go to research only for everything that those funds becoming privatized is a fucking crime.
No grant should be given to any research if the results aren’t published on an open journal.
No grant should be given if any marketable discovery becomes privatized
I am still fucking pissed that most countries used public funds to develop a covid vaccine then gifted them to private for profit corporation. Same for basically every medical development.
testaccount372920@piefed.zip 3 weeks ago
Many countries’ funding agencies require open access publications for work based on their funding. However, open access fees are insanely high in some journals (e.g. around $12k for the higher impact factor Nature journals)…
IAmNorRealTakeYourMeds@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
that’s also bullshit, I reviewed papers for publication. it’s free labour, hosting a pdf is nearly free.
there’s no justification.
testaccount372920@piefed.zip 3 weeks ago
Oh yeah, those price tags are insane. They’re making crazy profits of public money thanks to hiring schemes based on impact factors :/
ranzispa@mander.xyz 3 weeks ago
I like to keep the submitted version after review but without editing on my public repositories. Even when I publish open access.
IAmNorRealTakeYourMeds@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Some of the papers I have reviewed was among the worse stuff I read.
I do not want to keep that
captainlezbian@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
We need national journals that are free for all people to read and mandate publication through them.
testaccount372920@piefed.zip 2 weeks ago
I like the general direction of that idea. But honestly, not sure if this should be national with all the political pressure and censorship that could come from that. With how international scientific research is, perhaps the UN or a newly formed international organisation could oversee such journals.