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		jklein11 on Nov 6, 2017 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: US Court Grants ISPs and Search Engine Blockade of... It seems that the publisher's value is curating studies that have gone through this process. If you were to find a study through Sci-Hub would you know that it had gone through editorial/review panel? How do you know that the study is trustworthy?

remus on Nov 6, 2017 [–]

Surely that's the work of the editorial board? Again, they are largely unpaid as far as Im aware.

This makes interesting reading if you're interested in how a free (or at least very low cost) journal can work https://gowers.wordpress.com/2015/09/10/discrete-analysis-an...

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