The fact that I can click on a scientific article link and hit a paywall in 2025–when the scientists were paid with public money, the research conducted in public institutions, and the cost of publication subsidized by public funds–is an abject failure of society.

@benlockwood I know it's not a general solution to this issue, but if you email the contact listed in the abstract, they'll be able to send you a PDF of the paper.

You probably know this, but others may not.

Is the staggeringly profitable business of scientific publishing bad for science?

The long read: It is an industry like no other, with profit margins to rival Google – and it was created by one of Britain’s most notorious tycoons: Robert Maxwell

The Guardian