They also don't pay reviewers. The costs for a journal are only the cost of sending a webpage (which they charge what, $30 for?), the paper journal itself (for some absurd amount each year).
They do not pay the authors for the content, they do not pay the reviewers (who are the "added value" they harp on about).
They're basically a tool that converts tax payer money (the vast majority of those people writing papers are paid in part or entirely by tax payer funds) into private money for the publisher.
They do not pay the authors for the content, they do not pay the reviewers (who are the "added value" they harp on about).
They're basically a tool that converts tax payer money (the vast majority of those people writing papers are paid in part or entirely by tax payer funds) into private money for the publisher.