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> Traditionally, the publishers accept papers for publication for free but charge steep subscription fees To my knowledge (academic family and partner in NZ) t
by pixelbash 7y ago
> Traditionally, the publishers accept papers for publication for free but charge steep subscription fees
To my knowledge (academic family and partner in NZ) this is false, publishers charge for both publication _and_ reading in general.
- patrick5415 7y agoI think this must depend on your field. In mine, it’s generally free to publish, unless you want color figures or go over the page limit.
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- twic 7y agoThis reminds me of the time when all papers in some journals had this boilerplate at the end: The publication costs of this article were defrayed in part by page charge payments. This article must hereby be marked “advertisement” in accordance with 18 U.S.C. §1734 solely to indicate this fact. [1] [1] https://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2014/01/09/history-as-caution-when-paid-scientific-articles-were-legally-considered-advertisements/ https://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2014/01/09/history-as-ca...