Neil Pakenham-Walsh writes
> In response to my statement 'OA journals continue to have a vital role to play' Thomas Krichel writes:
> > 'They surely vitally enrich publishers. But since publishers in general don't pay reviewer---who do the actual evidence work---journals do very little to further evidence.'
> > Yes, a minority of OA journals enrich the publisher by charging inflated APCs.
My point has nothing to do with APCs being high or low. It has to do with who produces the value and who gets paid, irrespectively of the amounts being paid.
-- Written by Thomas Krichel http://openlib.org/home/krichel on his 22084th day.
HIFA profile: Thomas Krichel is Founder of the Open Library Society, United States of America. Professional interests: See my homepage at http://openlib.org/home/krichel Email address: krichel at openlib.org