A larger part is deciding what not to host, given the crazy old-fashioned notion that journals ought also to have dead-tree versions, and therefore each paper c

A larger part is deciding what not to host, given the crazy old-fashioned notion that journals ought also to have dead-tree versions, and therefore each paper costs them quite a lot for a small print run. Why would actual science come in neat magazine-sized packets? It's obvious they must be normalizing the signal, either by floating the cutoff or just picking until the slots are full and trashing the rest. A review panel that doesn't have to pay some company to stamp ink onto wood pulp can afford to link as many, or as few good papers as arrive. And, they can afford to do this asynchronously, as soon as they arrive.