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Walls within walls (thelemmy.club)

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[-] IAmNorRealTakeYourMeds@lemmy.world 69 points 1 day 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 18 points 1 day 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)...

[-] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 3 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago)

We need nationally funded journals that are free for all people to read and mandate publication through them.

[-] testaccount372920@piefed.zip 3 points 12 hours 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.

[-] IAmNorRealTakeYourMeds@lemmy.world 23 points 1 day 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 4 points 21 hours 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 4 points 21 hours 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 1 points 18 hours ago

Some of the papers I have reviewed was among the worse stuff I read.

I do not want to keep that

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