[Gatsky]

Yeah this is the main reason, as anyone actually doing research knows. I don’t think civillians realise what an incredible amount of work it is to publish a paper.

[jonnycomputer]

yeah. holy hell is it a lot of work. hate doing it even when I know I'll get a paper out of it.

[Fomite]

Hell, even things like journals requiring formatting after acceptance being taken as a godsend.