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[–] Damionsipher@lemmy.world 31 points 6 months ago (1 children)

It's not the publishers paying the researcher's salaries, they're mostly paid by public institutions and receive funding from government grants. If anything, bl researcher pay structure should result in open access publication.

[–] Whelks_chance@lemmy.world -5 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I didn't say it was the publisher's paying the salaries. My point is that researcher are paid to research, and publishing results is part of that.

[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 6 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Yes, but this really does just mean we should have a government provided publisher for government funded research. I paid for this research every 4/15 and i shouldn’t have to pay again if I want to see it

[–] Whelks_chance@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago

Sure, that would work. Or government grants available so anyone who wants to be an editor can apply for funds to get it going. Papers are rarely printed on paper nowadays, so the main costs would be paying editors, paying reviewers, and web hosting.