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> In the traditional model the library would pay for subscription, now it's the researcher paying page charges for publication. Not necessarily. In my own fiel
by Mediterraneo10 9y ago
> In the traditional model the library would pay for subscription, now it's the researcher paying page charges for publication.
Not necessarily. In my own field (a branch of linguistics), many of our journals are open access, but they are still free to publish in. Some of the publishing costs are covered by the fact that these journals are put out by learned societies that are sitting on large endowments or receive state funding, and even for journals that are open access online, libraries often still want to pay for hard copies.
- HarryHirsch 9y agoIn my field (chemical biology) the page charges for open access are substantial. Traditional journals are still going strong; this may be changing, though. We don't do conferences, they seem to be a CS thing. The PLOS family of journals is reputable and charges north of 2000 dollars: http://journals.plos.org/plosone/s/publication-fees http://journals.plos.org/plosone/s/publication-fees Hindawi is half that, but they will publish anything.