Its only been a viable option to self publish for about 30 years, and more like 10 if you didn't want to invest large amounts of personal resources. Open acces

Its only been a viable option to self publish for about 30 years, and more like 10 if you didn't want to invest large amounts of personal resources. Open access review and channelization is still an open problem. The for profit journals actually do provide a service of worth and note.