I am conflicted about Open Access because as a poor student-researcher I love that I can read papers freely, but as a poor student-researcher I also can& #39;t afford publishing in one. Not all institutions offer support to pay high APCs--mine doesn& #39;t.https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="😖" title="Verblüfftes Gesicht" aria-label="Emoji: Verblüfftes Gesicht">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🤔" title="Denkendes Gesicht" aria-label="Emoji: Denkendes Gesicht"> @AcademicChatter #phdchat https://twitter.com/zoophilosophy/status/1299865087943954432">https://twitter.com/zoophilos...

In the Philippines APCs take *center-stage* when a lab considers to publish completed work. I didn& #39;t even know that institutions shoulder APCs before I went abroad and wrote a paper with foreign collaborators!! "It doesn& #39;t matter, the research office will pay for that."https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="😮" title="Gesicht mit offenem Mund" aria-label="Emoji: Gesicht mit offenem Mund">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="😮" title="Gesicht mit offenem Mund" aria-label="Emoji: Gesicht mit offenem Mund">

Of course there& #39;s the Phil Journal of Science, Phil Science Letters, Science Diliman, etc. where we regularly publish our work because they& #39;re free and OA.https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="❤" title="Rotes Herz" aria-label="Emoji: Rotes Herz"> But then this can limit the visibility of our work because many in academia still look at IF as an indicator of quality.