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Research paper overload: submissions capped at two a month
Much of my research is on arXiv. I was one of the early adopters. It is simply a repository of research papers with PDF and metadata.
It makes it convenient to find research without any paywall.
Physicists started it in 1991. Math and computer science followed gradually.
It relies on volunteers to moderate it, because we don’t want garbage or spam.
On October 1, they capped the submissions to two per person per month.
Why?
arXiv got over 40,000 submissions in September.
Two years ago, it was about 20,000.
Doubling every two years. It is unsustainable for human beings.
In related news, Google stopped taking new bug reports in its open-source bounty program. They could not cope with the influx.
The writing is on the wall.
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Research paper overload: submissions capped at two a month
Much of my research is on arXiv. I was one of the early adopters. It is simply a repository of research papers with PDF and metadata.
It makes it convenient to find research without any paywall.
Physicists started it in 1991. Math and computer science followed gradually.
It relies on volunteers to moderate it, because we don’t want garbage or spam.
On October 1, they capped the submissions to two per person per month.
Why?
arXiv got over 40,000 submissions in September.
Two years ago, it was about 20,000.
Doubling every two years. It is unsustainable for human beings.
In related news, Google stopped taking new bug reports in its open-source bounty program. They could not cope with the influx.
The writing is on the wall.
source
