Well yes but you also need to hassle high profile researchers to give their opinion before you host research, and that can get really expens… wait, no, they do it for free as well.
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JokeDeity@sh.itjust.works 2 days ago
I honestly don’t understand this. It’s not that expensive to just host a website where you publish your research to instead of using these scheisters.
sassymov@piefed.blahaj.zone 2 days ago
Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 1 day ago
its complicated, if yuo try to publish yourself employers might see your research could be biased or fudged results. they want to see a legitimate publication. much like how a certain wealthy billionaire is doing “research” on himself and publishing it, its not legitimate and is considered pseudoscience.
LodeMike@lemmy.today 2 days ago
20 years ago we relied on printed books and libraries. I’ve noticed in real time this last decade [nearly] every paper gaining a PDF download button on some website.
BertramDitore@lemmy.zip 2 days ago
It’s a feedback loop. In order to raise your academic profile and potentially get a job, you need a solid CV full of peer reviewed publications. In order to get published in the first place, you often need money and institutional backing.
If you circumvent that cycle by self-publishing (a solidly logical idea btw), then you’ll have an even harder job getting people to take you seriously and will alienate yourself from “mainstream” academia. It’s messed up. Some open access journals have tried to solve this, with some success, but it’s a systemic problem.