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"Most big science publishers are based in Europe, but a huge percentage of their revenue comes from the U.S. If the Trump administration demanded that these publishers block unapproved publications from the U.S., would they stand and fight?"

https://www.thetransmitter.org/policy/science-must-step-away-from-nationally-managed-infrastructure/

Of course they wouldn't! We've seen them roll over for much less, e.g.:

https://bjoern.brembs.net/2014/04/resigning-from-frontiers/

That was 11 years ago and things have changed for the worse since then.

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