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Why not open-access journals? : Comments

By Nattavud Pimpa, published 1/5/2012

The power academic journals hold is incredible and it does not seem that academics have done enough to challenge their power.

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Now some publishing companies (i.e. Springer) offer a choice of open-access to the authors but they will charge hefty publication fees (i.e. $3,000 per paper). Ridiculous.
Posted by lupita, Tuesday, 1 May 2012 7:25:37 AM
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Another problem is none of our Universities will quickly consider open-access journals because most vice chancellors may not have enough 'knowledge' and 'experience' about this form of publication.
Posted by lupita, Tuesday, 1 May 2012 7:32:25 AM
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From Springer's Website

"Customers providing payment from the Americas will be charged in US$; customers providing payment from Europe, Africa, and Asia will be charged in EUR. VAT is not included in the price and will be added, at a standard rate, for customers who receive invoices in Euros.
The open access publication fee does not replace any existing journal policies publication costs to be paid by the author, which are billed separately (e.g. surcharges for color in print, oversized articles, etc.)."

I will never understand those are willing to pay for this.
Posted by lupita, Tuesday, 1 May 2012 7:48:37 AM
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The danger of open-access journal is its quality. My university will never accept it because most open-access journals do not have a proper quality control system, unlike traditional journals.
Posted by moburne, Tuesday, 1 May 2012 10:00:51 AM
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Professor Pimpa, you argument is timely! I am disgusted by the power of the international publishing houses. They can't control the flow of knowledge when the cost of production is as low as 30 cents per one copy of journal. Open-access is the way to go for all academics.
Posted by EdnaSmith, Tuesday, 1 May 2012 6:38:25 PM
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Thank You.
Posted by moburne, Thursday, 3 May 2012 2:21:43 PM
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