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I would point out that the Royal Astronomical Society is a charitable organisation. It should not be put in a class with Elsevier and the like. The page charges
by goodcanadian 4y ago
I would point out that the Royal Astronomical Society is a charitable organisation. It should not be put in a class with Elsevier and the like. The page charges actually go to the cost of publishing rather than to shareholder profits.
- techdragon 4y agoYou know… it’s been so long since I thought about who actually owned a journal other than Elsevier, et, al … and your right, I had completely forgotten the Proceedings of The Royal Astronomical Society aren’t owned by one of the the big fat asshole publishers! So this is just all around a good thing!
- joshvm 4y agoYes this is important to note: while the RAS is a charitable organisation, the publication process is facilitated by publishing companies (primarily OUP). Though exactly how the fees are distributed and what the arrangement is with OUP with regards to publication fees is, I'm not sure. OUP provides the administrative side, platforms for submission/review, hosting and other editorial services. It doesn't make much sense for RAS to reimplement all of this from scratch.