2. There are a number of reasons why so many of us are locked into a system in which we are required to publish in journals to which most individuals cannot afford to subscribe. But we don’t spend years of our lives toiling away just so the end result is read by five people.
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3. So, for those of you reading this who don’t have university subscriptions to journals or whose unis don’t subscribe to certain journals, please know that your readership matters very, very much. And I & my colleagues would be thrilled to know that you want access to our work.
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1. Glad to answer. One major reason why not is bc many academics start their contracts on a probationary period of c. 6 yrs or are on precarious contracts hoping to achieve permanent ones. If we want to keep or secure jobs then we need to undergo a review process in which +
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Sure and thanks for mentioning it. However, at times it is not impossible to (raise money to) publish OA and perhaps we could do it more often than we actually do.
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OA fees on top of other subventions costs not covered by publishers is still not a universally reasonable demand. Some folks are still shouldering burden for copywriting, indexing, to say nothing of image permissions...
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on the other hand I like to go the extra mile and make my monographs available to my Public, whether they ask for them or notpic.twitter.com/QFEKZDgN0R
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That's usually only possible if you work for the US, UK, or Canadian government, though (as these have explicit exceptions in most copyright transfer agreements). Although I've never heard of any academic being sued for posting their article, technically they are liable.
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I totally agree. Knowledge must be shared. Scientific literature must be, in my opinion, fully public..
Kiitos. Käytämme tätä aikajanasi parantamiseen. KumoaKumoa
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I agree wholeheartedly. One avenue is folks putting their articles on http://academia.edu , but I know there are issues with that too. The journal I edit has always been free and easy to accesshttp://peregrinations.kenyon.edu
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There are real issues with that: http://academia.edu is a profit-making outfit that benefits from the labour of journal editors and publishers and doesn't pay authors royalties. Institutional repositories are a more ethical alternative ("green" OA, ok with most journals).
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