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Re:Springer retracting 107 papers published in Tumor Biology... by sevensor on Monday May 01, 2017 @10:38AM (#14237762)
"Pay to publish" is something you don't see a lot of, outside of predatory journals. "Pay to read" does absolutely nothing to address this problem -- that money goes straight to the publisher and neither the reviewers nor the editor ever sees a dime. To reiterate, reviewers and editors are not paid in any way for their efforts.
Re:Springer retracting 107 papers published in Tumor Biology... by new299 on Monday May 01, 2017 @12:46PM (#14239142)
Pay to publish is not that uncommon e.g.

https://academic.oup.com/nar/pages/Ms_Prep_Submission#charge...

Sometimes this is under the guise of "open access" or other charges... there is often a waver if the author can not afford the fee (which you have to apply for).

Re:Springer retracting 107 papers published in Tumor Biology... by rewrew on Monday May 01, 2017 @02:36PM (#14240212)
Why not pay the reviewers? I don't understand this -- they're the most important part of the process. Pay the reviewers for their time and that might start to turn this around.