Subscription Journal Workarounds

Gaining access to peer reviewed literature is beyond the financial reach of everyone outside of elite research institutions: subscription prices of scholarly journals increased faster than inflation rate for several decades. This situation is known as the “price crisis” in scholarly publishing, and it’s hurting the average citizen. At the very moment that most of us carry access to a global information network in our pockets, our ability to tap into the world’s knowledge is eliminated. And it’s not an accident. It’s on purpose.

除顶尖研究机构外，大众均无力负担获取同行评议文献（peer reviewed literature）的成本：数十年来，学术期刊（scholarly journals）的订阅价格涨幅持续远超通胀率。这一状况被称为学术出版（scholarly publishing）领域的"价格危机"，正严重损害普通民众的切身利益。就在多数人都能随身使用全球信息网络的当下，我们获取全球知识的能力却被彻底剥夺。而这绝非偶然，而是刻意为之的结果。