Like the rest of the comments say, this is a fee that the authors pay to publish, not a commission that is paid to the authors. However, if they're Chinese, th

Like the rest of the comments say, this is a fee that the authors pay to publish, not a commission that is paid to the authors. However, if they're Chinese, the authors may get paid quite a bit (~$50-100,000) as a reward for publishing in a top journal: https://www.enago.com/academy/paid-to-publish-the-chinese-cash-cow/ https://www.enago.com/academy/paid-to-publish-the-chinese-ca...