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[โ€“] relejek@lemmy.ml 4 points 3 years ago

Sure this should be a thing. Right now all the science research journals are owned and regulated by handful private entities. And they charge heavy subscription to access them. This hinders collaboration among researchers & increase the cost of ongoing research projects

[โ€“] satur@lemmy.ml 3 points 3 years ago

It is a big issue. At least in Europe they have taken it seriously and have moved towards open access journals, which are now mandatory for all publicly funded research outputs. See https://oa2020.org/

However, the OA model does not solve the problem. Many researchers from the Global South cannot afford the article processing fees.