The authors of these often publicly funded research works don't actually make money, publishing companies like Elsevier do. Elsevier is basically a rent-seekin

The authors of these often publicly funded research works don't actually make money, publishing companies like Elsevier do. Elsevier is basically a rent-seeking monopoly. They also publish fake journals, and manipulate the impact factor of their journals by coercing citations. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elsevier#Academic_practices https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elsevier#Academic_practices