After the use of paper hack tools such as sci-hub the majority of journals prefer the open-access format where the authors pay the publication to be shared. Do you think we ll still have pay to download publications where the authors don't pay the journal?
hi.,
kindly refer this link:
https://www.aje.com/arc/making-the-choice-open-access-vs-traditional-journals/
Ethically we should pay to download otherwise this is piracy.
but the open access movement will be of help on the long term.
especially if Universities start to publish their own journals in Platinum Open Access models.
Somebody has to pay the costs of maintaining publication systems online and processing fees as in open access journals or purchase publications or membership as per traditional system. Currently both models are working. The challenge is the progressive increasing numbers of new journals and the deterioration of the quality of published research in these new journals and the lack of originality. I think universities, research institutes, and governments have to fund local journals and support researchers in this regards. We also need to encourage quality of research output not just numbers. So funding has to support this type of research, and therefore, regulations needed to help in managing funding.
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