Every published paper (the Version of Record) gets a DOI. Most for-profit publishers paywall access to these. In order to 'do academia' you must cite using the DOI, which points only to the Version of Record.
It's great to see papers published in the open (I assume this is the Personal Version of papers), but in order to participate in the academic process, you have to cite the Version of Record.
As I understand it (I'm new to the industry) publishers are starting to realise that if they don't provide free access to government funded papers then their revenue streams will dry up.
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Every published paper (the Version of Record) gets a DOI. Most for-profit publishers paywall access to these. In order to 'do academia' you must cite using the DOI, which points only to the Version of Record.
It's great to see papers published in the open (I assume this is the Personal Version of papers), but in order to participate in the academic process, you have to cite the Version of Record.
As I understand it (I'm new to the industry) publishers are starting to realise that if they don't provide free access to government funded papers then their revenue streams will dry up.