Comment Comment by TheOtherHobbes >Journal publishing has costsI've yet to see any justification at all for the outrageous fees charged by academic journals.The only costs I can see are printing/distribution and web hosting.Typesetting is trivial. Editing is non-existent. Editorial isn't paid. Peer review isn't paid.Having a nice office and marketing staff who hold university libraries to ransom shouldn't count as a cost. parent TheOtherHobbes 10 years ago
I've yet to see any justification at all for the outrageous fees charged by academic journals.
The only costs I can see are printing/distribution and web hosting.
Typesetting is trivial. Editing is non-existent. Editorial isn't paid. Peer review isn't paid.
Having a nice office and marketing staff who hold university libraries to ransom shouldn't count as a cost.