> 3b. What are the barriers to entry and how did those evolve? It 's a chicken and egg problem: Authors don't publish to new journals because they are not repu

> 3b. What are the barriers to entry and how did those evolve? It 's a chicken and egg problem: Authors don't publish to new journals because they are not reputable yet and journals can't become reputable because authors don't publish to them. I don't know the theory of chicken and egg problems but i think they are solved when either a) a brand new discipline emerges therefore the first bidders win by default or b) some extraordinary action is taken