I ask with genuine curiosity, as I am not an academic and come from a software development mindset
Why is paid-for services the only âlegitâ way to get others to evaluate your research? Why is it not kosher to publicly publish your research, and simply invite peers to evaluate it? This idea is essentially the entire process behind Open Source Software, and is the backbone of most modern tools/programs/apps/software/linux development.
What does paying a publishing company provide you, as a researcher, that makes it worth it?
thanks_shakey_snake@lemmy.ca âš5â© âšmonthsâ© ago
The word âlegitâ there is doing alot of work.