News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on Scientific Papers That Were Rejected Before Going on to Win a Nobel Prize (2016). Parent comment

Re:Scientific Papers That Were Rejected Before Going on to W... by sideshowb on Thursday October 10, 2019 @06:24AM (#21212780)
Wow is that a thing? I have submitted to many journals and none wanted fees before acceptance.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Scientific Papers That Were Rejected Before Going on to W... by dagw on Thursday October 10, 2019 @06:29AM (#21212806)
There is whole cottage industry of journals that will publish basically anything in exchange for a submission fee, being kept alive by desperate PhD students who need a couple of more papers published so they can just get their degree and get out of there.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Scientific Papers That Were Rejected Before Going on to W... by shatnersbassoon on Thursday October 10, 2019 @06:57AM (#21212999)
When it happened to me it was a "reputable" high-impact neuroscience journal, not Cross-stitch Monthly.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Scientific Papers That Were Rejected Before Going on to W... by dagw on Thursday October 10, 2019 @07:04AM (#21213050)
Was it for open access? Lots of journals charge a fee if you want to make your paper generally available.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Scientific Papers That Were Rejected Before Going on to W... by sideshowb on Thursday October 10, 2019 @09:06AM (#21213924)
Yes, but they charge after acceptance, not before.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Scientific Papers That Were Rejected Before Going on to W... by sideshowb on Thursday October 10, 2019 @09:08AM (#21213938)
username checks out ;-)
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Scientific Papers That Were Rejected Before Going on to W... by shatnersbassoon on Thursday October 10, 2019 @06:55AM (#21212983)
This is certainly what used to happen - my experience was from 2007 so they might not be getting away with it any more.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Scientific Papers That Were Rejected Before Going on to W... by mattkrause on Thursday October 10, 2019 @07:40AM (#21213283)
Cerebral Cortex is the only (legit) neuro journal I know of that charges a submission fee. Are there others?
[ Parent | on HN ]