supericelight:

srslycris:

This seems like something everyone should know if they’re in the sciences and/or interested in reading scientific papers.

[Image description: Two tweets, the first one by Mantia, which says:

“What’s something that seems obvious within your profession but the general public seems to misunderstand?”

The second one is a response by hwitteman that says:

“That $35 that scientific journals charge you to read a paper goes 100% to the publisher, 0% to the authors. If you just email us to ask for our papers we are allowed to send them to you for free, and will be genuinely delighted to do so.”

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