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All right, but then why are most open-access papers under $3000? If an editor can survive with these fees even when the paper will be publicly available, how c

All right, but then why are most open-access papers under $3000? If an editor can survive with these fees even when the paper will be publicly available, how can Nature need $30,000 for a paper people will pay to read?

sampo 9y ago
> why are most open-access papers under $3000? Ordinary scientific journals don't have reviewers in paid staff. An editor sends an article (without reading it) to 2-4 non-paid reviewers, and makes the publish / don't publish decision based on the reviews. Also the editor is not paid, either.