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Originally Posted by JonClarke
Scientific papers are publically available, at university libaries (which are generally open to the public) and other institutions. or, if you are really keen, you can pay yourself (although most are expensive).
Jon
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Not sure about that - I spent quite a few years in academia whilst doing my degree + several years of research, but I dont believe the general public were admitted to the libraries (but I may be wrong). The other issue is finding a university library that carries the relevent journals.
Subscribing to the journals yourself is an option I guess (and as you point out - an expensive one) - but I doubt many people would go down this route unless they were heavily involved in research in that area. Most people that are that heavily involved will be in research organisations or academia and so will have access anyway.
For the general public with a casual interest - I guess the only practical option is to wait.