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> I shouldn't have to pay twice to read research papers I helped fund

Most researchers will publish in journals that publish open access for a fee and the money for the fee has to come from somewhere. So in the end the public will spend as much money as they are doing so far.

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Maybe, but currently people outside of universities have a really hard time getting research papers (legally, anyway). So even if the costs stay about the same, a lot more people will have access to the results.

Which doesn't help much if pay-per-view journals are still cited.

IMHO.

Scientific output (and credibility of the paper) comes from the number of authors citing the work..

True, but this at least sets the incentives right to create a system outside of rent-seeking publishers. Journal editors are unpaid for the most part anyway, might as well make that a community effort.

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