65 out of the 100 most cited papers are paywalled
This is by far one of the most frustrating things to me about the current structure of the scientific community. Making all published research free to access for everyone would be a massive benefit to the general education of society and would allow anyone regardless of institutional affiliation to be involved in the process of science. Imagine how much better science reporting would be if every popular science article was expected to link directly to the full papers they were referencing.<p>As someone who hasn&#x27;t been involved with a university or a laboratory for many years, I find myself continually extremely frustrated by how difficult it can be for me to keep up with new developments in the fields I studied in college.