This is not my field so I didn't take the time to read the small print. But, in my field, lots of journals have an "open" option available to authors. The thi

This is not my field so I didn't take the time to read the small print. But, in my field, lots of journals have an "open" option available to authors. The thing is, you have to pay more in page charges, and so not everyone does this. The money for those page charges come from the same hard-earned grants that pay for computing time, graduate student stipends, etc. Institutions do not pay these charges (in my field, anyway); the funds come from grants. And, although granting agencies increasingly dictate that "open" models be used, they do not supply extra funds. As a reader, I love the idea of journals being open. As an author, the additional cost of publishing is discouraging. Another discouraging thing: having to pay to see even the papers I've written. I never pay for a paper. Many times, I just want to take a quick look to see if the paper merits further study, and that is not worth $35 to me.