Gregory's Server@RustyBertrand are the authors not allowed to host the paper on a secondary free site? Something like GitHub, only for scientific papers?
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@ACarolaRodrigues @OddMinus1 @RustyBertrand depending on the place, hosting on a pre-print site like arxive.org may be allowed or even encouraged. And *after* publication many standard contracts allow you to retain the right to host your own copies for free. Varies by field probably though. @tiotasram @OddMinus1 @RustyBertrand i think 🏴☠️ is the way. Those publishers earn gazillions, charge everyone and gatekeep knowledge? Specially from the global south. @ACarolaRodrigues @OddMinus1 @RustyBertrand from a reader perspective: yes, piracy of academic articles is good. I encourage it. From an author perspective: host free copies of stuff when you can, especially if it's permitted and maybe even if not.  @OddMinus1 @RustyBertrand For many of the more prestigious journals they are not allowed, they give up the copyright to the journal so they can't publish it on their own. But they can send out individual copies to other researchers, and in effect that means anyone who asks. Grad students in well funded universities can usually get the paper from their university library which will subscribe to the journal, but researchers in poorer countries often won't have access, but they can ask the authors to send a copy. @not2b They do give up copyright yes, but part of the publishing agreement usually allows authors to deposit an unbranded version in a university repository, which is then indexed by places like Google Scholar. (Often there's an embargo of a year or two because publishers are jerks, but it's still worth doing for the sake of the people who still want to read it after that time's up.) I highly encourage all authors to check in with their uni library about this option. @OddMinus1 @RustyBertrand academia.edu and researchgate.net are good places to look. Also, if you look up the university that the author is based at, many have 'institutional repositories' where the author is expected to put a 'pre-publication' version of their paper - but that often comes with limits (e.g. not available for the first 12months). Best option for brand new research is to email the authors. @OddMinus1 @RustyBertrand Usually there's a pre-print available and that's it. The rest: you either get access through your university or use sci-hub. |
@OddMinus1 @RustyBertrand I'm starting at this path but it's unethical to publish or even propose an article at 2 places.