From: Danny Kingsley <[log in to unmask]> Date: Thu, 31 Oct 2019 15:43:11 +1000 Thanks Brian, An interesting thought experiment. He does make a fairly strong casual observation: However, open access journals charge the authors of articles a substantial fee to publish, in order to make up for the dollars lost from not requiring subscriptions. So, instead of making more money the more copies of the journal they sell, open access journals make more money as a function of how many articles they accept. Authors are willing to pay more to get their articles published in more prestigious journals. So, the more exciting the findings a journal publishes, the more references, the higher the impact the journal, the more submissions they get, the more money they make. This statement is simply incorrect in many cases. It is always annoying when people do this kind of thing. Danny Dr Danny Kingsley Scholarly Communication Consultant e: [log in to unmask] m: +61 (0)480 115 937 t:@dannykay68 o: 0000-0002-3636-5939 On 31 Oct 2019, at 13:52, LIBLICENSE <[log in to unmask]> wrote: From: Brian Simboli <[log in to unmask]> Date: Wed, 30 Oct 2019 19:27:33 -0400 Pursuant to earlier points about the publishing glut: https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/were-incentivizing-bad-science/ -- Brian Simboli Science, Mathematics, and Psychology Librarian Library and Technology Services E.W. Fairchild Martindale Lehigh University 8A East Packer Avenue Bethlehem, PA 18015-3170 (610) 758-5003; [log in to unmask] Profile & Research guides <http://libraryguides.lehigh.edu/prf.php?account_id=13461>