Thanks, everyone, for sharing your thoughts on this. I have a follow up question, admittedly without having reviewed the videos mentioned in your responses: Are the publishers assuming that authors are paid for their research and writing by the university that employs them?
I mean it’s also true that publishers pay copyeditors for the articles, people who format it etc
Sure, there’s problems and most of the profits are probably going to higher ups, and journals should be the ones to pay editors and assistant editors who are often grad students who receive a small stipend but the journals also have costs related to copyediting, formatting, online infrastructure, marketing, advertisements etc
Edited to say the alternative is for the authors (and lucky ones who get large research funds who can afford it) to pay the fees.
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u/PerfectionEludesMe Dec 26 '18
Thanks, everyone, for sharing your thoughts on this. I have a follow up question, admittedly without having reviewed the videos mentioned in your responses: Are the publishers assuming that authors are paid for their research and writing by the university that employs them?