"Elsevier gives NOTHING to the author except the promise of publication and distribution" The "status" of publication has a demonstrable market value, so I'm n

"Elsevier gives NOTHING to the author except the promise of publication and distribution" The "status" of publication has a demonstrable market value, so I'm not sure why we are debating this. I know it sounds stupid, and it's a case of {pschopaths>incompetents>losers}, but in reality the author's "careers" and "reputations" are on the line. And the academics are in the Losers bucket here. The grant-writers and tenure comittees take the title of "incompetents". And yes, the Elseveiers very much psychopaths.