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Re:French Universities Cancel Subscriptions to Springer Jour... by lotophage on Monday April 02, 2018 @02:46PM (#16737841)
> the researcher or institution that wishes to publish pays up front to have the paper published

Isn't this the case with the subscription-based model as well?

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Re:French Universities Cancel Subscriptions to Springer Jour... by javitury on Tuesday April 03, 2018 @09:03AM (#16744229)
Yes, many top journals charge for both subscription and publishing. The only thing that open access journals lack is reputation in many fields (low number of good citations). Hopefully this will change in the next few years.
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