This tweet + thread illustrates how academic publishers have completely failed societyhttps://twitter.com/o_guest/status/847395023863795713 …
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Replying to @blahah404
Failed me that's for sure. I dread their systems and rejection emails.
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Replying to @o_guest @blahah404
"we're sorry but your manuscript was a pdf but we prefer a word document, are you 100% sure you used latex?"
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Replying to @o_guest
let me guess: they were asking you to pay them thousands to put your work on a website?
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Replying to @blahah404
Do they get paid? I think not in that case. Open access but I think University pays them.
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Replying to @o_guest
Depends on the journal, but yeah not only paid - academic publisher profits are *obscene* in general. 30-40%
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Replying to @o_guest
open access central fund? makes the problem even worse ultimately I think, because the effects of price are distanced from person choosing
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