The published research is the cornerstone for career growth of researchers. New researchers often face difficulty in getting their work accepted by high impact journals.6 Universities increasingly demand more publications for promotion, salary increases, or retention.7 The present academic publishing system obstructs the free communication of research findings.8 By erecting pay walls, commercial publishers prevent scientists from publishing research papers unless they …show more content…
20,21 The trend of rising journal subscription and membership costs creates a hindrance for libraries across various universities. This forces institutes to re-strategize and make lesser purchasing of institutional membership. This is a big problem in countries like India. Due to lack of any specification from the regulatory bodies like Medical Council of India and others, majority of the institutes do not provide the benefit of institutional membership in a journal. The medical institutes have no obligation to do research and publish. It is more of an individual interest or for career progression.22,