Why the academic community should support Sci-Hub | Deccan Herald

K C Gangadhar, FEB 05 2021, 01:48 ISTUPDATED: FEB 05 2021, 02:18 IST Representative image. The academic journal subscription model is pretty old and has been accepted by the academic community for decades. But, unfortunately, some publishing giants have become too greedy. Everyone wants free access to scholarly information, but no one thinks of publishing in open-access journals or adopting alternative models. They publish in commercial journals despite the hefty Article Processing Charges (APC). Ultimately, it is the knowledge creators (authors), and not librarians, who have to tame the big publishers to bring down journal subscription prices.