> Are you going to read and evaluate them all? Elsevier doesn't read or evaluate them either. They use academic peer reviewers who don't have any equity or sal

> Are you going to read and evaluate them all? Elsevier doesn't read or evaluate them either. They use academic peer reviewers who don't have any equity or salary from Elsevier. > No, you want some sort of structure where you have people you trust do some sorting. None of those people are paid by Elsevier. > That's what the publishing system does. (Plus the editing process). No, the publishing system provides brands. If Elsevier actually curated, hired and paid a fair salary to the peer reviewers and researchers who actually performed and evaluate the research I think you would be right. But it still seems to me they're purely a marketing middleman that takes public funding and public laborers and turns a private profit.