Accessing journal articles has certainly got easier over the years. Nonetheless, there are still many issues with how closed-access journals provide access. This hampers the scientific process.
Accessing a journal article that my institution has paid for should be as simple as going to the standard publications home page (with one more click to download the pdf).
While from a broader societal level, there are many reasons to like open access publishing. However, for working scientists with institutional access to most journals, the day-to-day issue with closed access publishers is usability related. Here are a few things that I wish all publishers would do:
Tuesday, November 14, 2017
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