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LIKE other societies which exist mainly for the publication of the results of scientific research, the Royal Society of Edinburgh finds its activities greatly hampered by the present cost of publication. The statements contained in the leader in NATURE of May 6 and in the correspondence which has followed it are fully borne out by the experience of this society. Taking into account all present sources of income and all necessary expenses, it may safely be said that the output of scientific literature must be cut down to fully one-third of what it was in pre-war days.
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KNOTT, C. Cost of Scientific Publications. Nature 105, 425 (1920). https://doi.org/10.1038/105425b0
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