SSRN Considered Harmful
5 Pages Posted: 4 Mar 2007
Date Written: February 26, 2007
Abstract
The Social Science Research Network (SSRN) has adopted several unfortunate policies that impair open access to scholarship. It should enable one-click download, stop requiring papers to bear SSRN watermarks, and allow authors to point readers to other download sites. If it does not reform, those who are serious about open access should not use SSRN.
Suggested Citation: Suggested Citation
Grimmelmann, James and Grimmelmann, James, SSRN Considered Harmful (February 26, 2007). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=965633 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.965633
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