>Ahahahahaha. >First of all: Researchers won't avoid public funds, because there's never enough money. What if though, they actually get their money from priva

>Ahahahahaha. >First of all: Researchers won't avoid public funds, because there's never enough money. What if though, they actually get their money from private funding, like a ton of research projects do. You cast this of as a thing even weird to even consider, but this just implies you don't seem to have found yourself in academia ever (or if so, without any actual colleagues). I certainly agree that no researcher would prefer a non-open journal vs an open journal, but if the former means a stand-still of their career and the latter means an advancement, then the latter is far more valuable for them.