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Should academic papers really be paid to read? What is the key to the problem in the academic community? Geek Web3 combines the recent hot topic of DeSci to explore the possibilities of openness and progress that Web3 may bring to the academic field.
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https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/LA6upSmBGrWoSwtc_Ppw-Q
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Geek web3
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Geek web3: At the root of it, the fundamental reason for the monopolization of academic resources is the high inelasticity of demand for academic resources by researchers. Compared to the ordinary e-book market, the academic publishing market has the characteristics of small scale but high stickiness, so the price elasticity of demand is extremely low. Due to the high dependence of research institutions and scholars on specific journals, publishers are almost not constrained by market competition in pricing. This academic publishing system has also inadvertently exacerbated the inequality in the global distribution of academic resources. From an economic perspective, knowledge itself is non-exclusive and non-competitive, and naturally belongs to public goods. The process of scientific knowledge production is itself an undertaking financed by the whole society, so research results should be treated as a public resource to be shared by all humanity, rather than monopolized by a few publishers through various channel advantages. Sci-Hub's attempt to break through the publishing barrier: Sci-Hub is a free academic paper access platform founded by Kazakhstani Alexandra Elbakyan in 2011. As of now, Sci-Hub has collected nearly 90 million academic papers, covering the content of most mainstream journals globally. Although Sci-Hub has made great achievements in knowledge sharing, its model is not without limitations. First, Sci-Hub's legal status is unstable, and the long-term survival of the platform is seriously threatened. Secondly, Sci-Hub solves the problem of knowledge access, but does not fundamentally change the commercial model or power structure of academic publishing. Compared to Sci-Hub's passive access model, DeSci provides a more legalized and systematized knowledge sharing approach. as the core product of blockchain can help researchers obtain more diverse economic sources. New organizational relationships like DAO can also bring more transparency to the DeSci research system. In addition, the clarification of property rights is a core issue that cannot be avoided for knowledge-based products such as papers and research data. DeSci solves similar copyright/property rights issues through IP- technology. Furthermore, the distribution of benefits is automatically executed by smart contracts, and the relevant contributors will receive real-time distribution of benefits each time the paper is cited or the research data is used.
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