The real cost of overpaying for journals is that we put highly skilled research scientists in an office looking at science rather than doing it

Neylon, Cameron (2012) The real cost of overpaying for journals is that we put highly skilled research scientists in an office looking at science rather than doing it [Online resource]

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In a world with limited resources, do we spend them on an Aston Martin, a blinged up banger, or should we use what we have to simply fill up the tank? Cameron Neylon asks if instead of overpaying for journals, we could funnel those limited funds into bench research.