I have a research based doctorate. I understand people want to be compensated for their effort. Still, a notable part of all research is little more than literature review & content analysis. In other words, you're streamlining the bulk of the info into a more manageable piece, possibly exploring it from a specific perspective or theory. There's nothing wrong with that. It's a stage in all research. So is giving your findings with support from your endeavors.
These researchers want praise, recognition, promotion, acknowledgment & of course compensation.
I get that, they've earned it. But not just for stating the most innocuous, vague parts of their study in a 1,000 word abstract. Often I come across potentially interesting articles only to find out they're on pay sites like a professional journal. These articles usually run from $1 - 10. Occasionally, I manage to find a promotion allowing me to read an article. Or I find it somewhere else. It's be so infrequent, that it might as well be never, that I have found such an article to be worth payment.
These articles that should be open to promote the fight against HIV most often come in 2 categories. Costly, excessively brief abstracts, requiring the purchase of an entire journal issue to see the complete piece. Or a decent article with sound info. Information that could benefit people living with & trying to combat HIV.
I could understand limiting access to these pieces if they detailed proprietary research, methods or products, but they don't. You can usually find more pertinent data on the matter in a Wikipedia article. There would be no loss of revenue or credit for the researcher. Only a small loss of revenue, for the journal.
Nice to see profits still taking precedence in the fight against HIV.
Cya...
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