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[–] [email protected] 11 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Funding agencies have huge power here; demanding that research be published in OA journals is perhaps a good start (with limits on $ spent publishing, perhaps).

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

i hear you, but this leaves this massive gaping hole very quickly filled by predatory journals

the better solution would be journals created and maintained by universities or other institutions with national (or international, like from EU) funding