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by kilotaras 3150 days ago
Problem with journals is not technological, but a coordination one (same as with p-value).

If every scientist "defects" to open-access journal - everyone is better of. But if only a handful do that they will lose impact factor and will take a hit to their career.

Addition: This is commonly known as Nash Equilibrium[0].

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nash_equilibrium