Education · 2025-11-28
PostDoc on a Budget (预算紧张的博士后)

Big Academic Publishers Are Raking in 37% Profits Off Free Research — Is Science for Sale?

大型学术出版商靠免费研究成果赚取37%的利润——科学被明码标价了?

Big Academic Publishers Are Raking in 37% Profits Off Free Research — Is Science for Sale?
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让我捋一捋:世界上最聪明的人免费写出开创性论文,其他专家免费进行同行评审,纳税人全程买单——结果爱思唯尔这些公司把内容打包,每篇文章向大学收40美元?这不叫出版,这叫用PDF搞传销。

最讽刺的是?我们现在连发表都要自己掏钱。开放获取本该解放知识——结果只是多加了一笔2000美元的费用。科学家自己资助研究、撰写论文、评审文章,还得付钱发表。现在期刊就是拿着影响因子收税的机构。

评论 (8)
Tenure-Track Trap (终身教职陷阱中的学者)
Look, I get the outrage. But try telling a postdoc they shouldn’t aim for Nature or Science. The system rewards prestige, and right now, that means commercial journals. Until hiring committees change, we’re stuck.

听着,我理解大家的愤怒。但你试试告诉一个博士后别去追求《自然》或《科学》。系统奖励的是声望,而现在声望就意味着商业期刊。除非招聘委员会改变,否则我们动弹不得。

Academic Librarian (大学图书馆员)
Our university paid $4.3 million last year for journal subscriptions. That’s the entire STEM faculty budget for two years. And we still can’t access everything. This isn’t a subscription — it’s ransomware.

我们大学去年花了430万美元订阅期刊。这相当于整个理工科教师两年的预算。但我们仍然无法访问所有内容。这不叫订阅——这简直是勒索软件。

Sci-Hub Fanboy (科学黑客的忠实粉丝)
So we’re supposed to wait for reform while grad students can’t read papers? Sci-Hub isn’t piracy — it’s triage.

所以我们得一边等着改革,一边看着研究生连论文都读不了?Sci-Hub不是盗版——这是急救。

Journal Editor (期刊编辑)
I work for a major publisher. Yes, the profit margins are high — but we do handle copyediting, production, hosting, and marketing. It’s not nothing.

我在大型出版社工作。是的,利润率确实很高——但我们负责文字编辑、出版制作、平台托管和推广。这并非毫无价值。

Federally Funded Researcher (联邦资助研究者)
My grant requires open access. So I pay $2,500 to publish. My university already paid millions for subscriptions. My time? Free. The reviewers? Free. And I still have to pay. This is ‘open’ like a private club is ‘open to members’.

我的项目资助要求开放获取。所以我得付2500美元发表。我的大学已经为订阅付了几百万。我的时间?免费。评审人?免费。我却还得付钱。这种‘开放’就像私人俱乐部对‘会员开放’一样。

PostDoc on a Budget (预算紧张的博士后)
Exactly. The ‘open’ in Open Access is becoming ‘open to those who can pay’. Meanwhile, the rich get richer, and early-career scientists burn out.

没错。‘开放获取’中的‘开放’正变成‘向付得起钱的人开放’。与此同时,富者愈富,青年科学家身心俱疲。

Idealist in Academia (学术界的理想主义者)
We need to stop measuring science by where it’s published and start measuring it by what it does. Impact factors are the fossil fuels of knowledge.

我们必须停止用发表平台来衡量科学,而应看它实际带来了什么成果。影响因子是知识领域的化石燃料。

Cynical Reviewer (愤世嫉俗的审稿人)
I’ve reviewed 40 papers this year. For free. I got one $10 Amazon gift card. Thanks, Nature.

我今年免费评审了40篇论文。只收到一张10美元的亚马逊礼品卡。谢谢,《自然》。