That $35 that scientific journals charge goes 100% to publisher, 0% to authors

Re:That $35 that scientific journals charge goes 100% to pub... by Gauc2 on Tuesday July 31, 2018 @09:16PM (#17658863)

The society is a network of researchers with like interests. Political lobbying is also important for a lot of academic societies (like APS).

I find it interesting that you are advocating the removal of a current capitalistic/greedy funding model and replacing it with...another capitalistic/advertising model.

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Re:That $35 that scientific journals charge goes 100% to pub... by windows_tips on Tuesday July 31, 2018 @09:48PM (#17658988)

That post doesn't advocate for a new model; it just points out possible deficiencies in current conceptions.

>The society is a network of researchers with like interests.

So, the added value is for the researchers in the network, but that value is subsidized by the "payers", who are not the researchers?

>Open access publishing threatens this subscription model. If paid library subscriptions disappear entirely, a new payer or payers will need to be found.

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