Want to climb the shoulders of giants

Everyone wants to be on the shoulders of giants, to connect the past with the future, and to forge ahead into the future. No matter whether they are engaged in academic research or doctoral studies, they all want to know what their predecessors like to do and how they should learn in the future.

The platform of HowNet database resources is based on independent intellectual property technology research and development. The core technologies include knowledge base management, search engine, knowledge mining, natural language understanding, etc. Journal resources include hundreds of exclusive journals, which can only be purchased from a single source.

Everyone wants to be on the shoulders of giants. HowNet is a good bridge. HowNet database is widely used in domestic colleges and universities. It is an indispensable electronic literature resource in the teaching and research work of colleges and universities, and has extremely high teaching, research and academic value.

If I see farther than others, it's because I'm standing on the shoulders of giants. The problem is that the Chinese Academy of Sciences, which is high above, has been short of renewal fees and stopped using HowNet database, which means that it's really not easy to climb the shoulders of giants.

Everyone wants to be on the shoulders of giants. HowNet is a must when searching papers and querying quoted data. The problem is that HowNet is not only expensive, but also likes to raise prices, which makes many users overwhelmed. Many universities and colleges have chosen compromise and can only suspend HowNet services.

1. The resources of HowNet database are continuous in content, subject and specialty, and the database products have independent intellectual property rights, which belong to the sole supplier and can only be purchased from a single source. All major universities in China spend a lot on the purchase of HowNet services;

2. In 2022, Nanjing University and Southeast University paid 1.034 million yuan, Wuhan University of Technology paid 1.2785 million yuan, and Tsinghua University spent 1.8803 million yuan.

The users and resource providers of HowNet are almost all universities and research institutes, and the upstream and downstream are the same people. They have a lot of content, complete data and good service, and it's understandable to charge an appropriate price. The problem is that this group has made academic achievements and wants to download them later, but they have to pay for others.

It is the highest academic institution of Chinese Academy of Sciences, the highest consulting institution of science and technology, and the comprehensive research and development center of natural science and high technology. It has more than 100 research institutes, more than 130 national key laboratories and engineering centers, and its demand and contribution to academic resources can not be underestimated.

Even the high-ranking Chinese Academy of Sciences was dissuaded by the renewal fee of HowNet. The reason is that HowNet is not only the service provider of colleges and universities, but also the purchaser of periodical resources. Many resources are exclusive, and there are many expensive foreign language materials, so the resource cost is too high.

Everyone wants to be on the shoulders of giants, and the academic achievements in HowNet are open. HowNet sells the services of data integration, arrangement, retrieval and retrieval, and earns channel fees and service fees. With the improvement of copyright awareness, good journals are becoming more and more expensive, and with other costs of the company, the price is also rising.

Although there is a high copyright cost when purchasing periodical resources, university research institutes and teachers and students who are creators of academic resources can use the resources contributed by their own institutions. However, HowNet did not pay the necessary copyright fees to individuals and university research institutes when collecting resources.

As we all know, blood donation in China is free of charge, and patients need to pay some definite fees for blood transfusion in hospitals. This fee is the cost of collection, transportation and preservation, not the purchase of blood itself.

People can't help but ask, HowNet is not the creator of academic papers. Does the high fees match its role as a collection platform? Should the accounts be calculated more clearly? Why don't you tell us clearly which part of the money you earn, instead of asking for a piece of paper, and you can buy it or not as you like?

It's raining, it's bad for people to do it, and people are watching it. HowNet should be priced reasonably, and don't act arbitrarily. HowNet needs to reduce the cost of using academic resources, provide convenience for users, and contribute to Chinese academic research.