Academia can't shake off this antiquated way of evaluating what researchers do, so the publishers of "traditionally" prestigious journals have been given a ludicrous monopoly. They can (and basically do) rack up the prices as much as they please.
Many universities are now putting more and more support behind open access publishing, which makes research free for readers. That seems much healthier than making new journals for a lower price - research shouldn't cost anybody anything to access, I think, especially research that was funded by taxpayer money.
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Date: 2012-10-31 01:05 am (UTC)Many universities are now putting more and more support behind open access publishing, which makes research free for readers. That seems much healthier than making new journals for a lower price - research shouldn't cost anybody anything to access, I think, especially research that was funded by taxpayer money.