Board Thread:Fun and Games/@comment-4750818-20170316175108/@comment-26172435-20170317074149

It may just be a matter of time for the scientific publishing community to realize its business model is no longer fit for purpose. I expect multiple customer groups to increase the pressure to open up the gates for 'free' access in coming decade. The developments regarding fake news production may just be the gamechanger we needed ... at least, I hope so.

In my work in industrial engineering & consultancy I have also ever found it very annoying that scientific source material was never easily accessible. My background is academic chemical engineering, so I know what to look for and where to find it, but there are always barriers to overcome for whatever purpose you need some background info, whether it be for safety studies, equipment design or materials and corrosion engineering. And its not just the cost of access in terms of expenditures that raises the bar, also the cost in terms of labour. Also waiting time, is strongly reducing efficiency and often even effectiveness of research, development and engineering work.