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"Pay to publish" is something you don't see a lot of, outside of predatory journals. "Pay to read" does absolutely nothing to address this problem -- that mone
by sevensor 10y ago
"Pay to publish" is something you don't see a lot of, outside of predatory journals. "Pay to read" does absolutely nothing to address this problem -- that money goes straight to the publisher and neither the reviewers nor the editor ever sees a dime. To reiterate, reviewers and editors are not paid in any way for their efforts.
- new299 10y agoPay to publish is not that uncommon e.g. https://academic.oup.com/nar/pages/Ms_Prep_Submission#charges https://academic.oup.com/nar/pages/Ms_Prep_Submission#charge... Sometimes this is under the guise of "open access" or other charges... there is often a waver if the author can not afford the fee (which you have to apply for).
- rewrew 10y agoWhy not pay the reviewers? I don't understand this -- they're the most important part of the process. Pay the reviewers for their time and that might start to turn this around.