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Re:UC secures landmark open access deal with world’s largest... by Google234 on Tuesday March 16, 2021 @10:29PM (#26485808)
Only a few percent of papers submitted actually get published. There is some amount of work involved. Also, these top journals hire full time editors (former scientists in ther field).
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Re:UC secures landmark open access deal with world’s largest... by jahewson on Wednesday March 17, 2021 @01:08AM (#26486799)
Let’s say it’s 15 papers per month, so $40k * 15 * 12 = $7.2m for four editors. I’m not at all convinced. 40k per issue would be plausible.
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Re:UC secures landmark open access deal with world’s largest... by Google234 on Wednesday March 17, 2021 @01:22AM (#26486880)
I’m guessing that they were exaggerating a bit. I think nature now charges like 12k for open access with makes that number more reasonable.
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