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==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
+ | {{incomplete|Created by a BOT. Please mention here why this explanation isn't complete. Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}} | ||
− | {{w| | + | {{w|ArXiv}} is a [https://arxiv.org free online repository of electronic preprints of scientific papers] in various fields. In this comic [[Megan]] argues that academic journals must have a hard time getting by in the fields popular on ArXiv, as they charge high fees for both researchers trying to publish in them, and readers paying for subscriptions, whereas ArXiv is completely free to publish to and read. [[Ponytail]] informs her, that the ArXiv project has been going on since the 1990s (1991 to be exact), but the journals still seem to be in a good shape. [[Megan]] is visibly confused about this fact, but [[Ponytail]] tries to stop her from freaking out too much, in order to stop her outrage from informing others about the current arrangement, thus ruining it. |
− | + | Confusion about the continued existence of scientific journals has also been expressed in [[2025]]. | |
− | + | The title text refers to another project that is invaluable for internet research, {{w|archive.org}} [https://archive.org (link)]. It argues that these two projects are so useful, yet make so little economic sense, that, if they did not exist, we would dismiss them as ideas that would never be viable. | |
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− | The title text refers to another project that is invaluable for internet research, | ||
==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
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− | :Megan: Wait, all the papers in your field are posted as free PDFs on | + | :Megan: Wait, all the papers in your field are posted as free PDFs on ArXiv? That must be killing big science journals, since they charge such huge subscription/publication fees. |
− | + | :Ponytail: Nah, we've been doing it since the 90s and nobody seems to care. | |
− | :Ponytail: Nah, | ||
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:Megan: That makes no sense at all!! | :Megan: That makes no sense at all!! | ||
− | :Ponytail: | + | :Ponytail: Shhh, you'll jinx it! |
{{comic discussion}} | {{comic discussion}} | ||
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