Re: Scientific publishing is not just about administering peer-review

From: Subbiah Arunachalam <subbiah_a_at_YAHOO.COM>
Date: Fri, 17 Oct 2003 11:28:05 +0100

Friends:

I understand that BioMed Central charges $500 per
paper as cost of publishing expenses, whereas PLos
charges $1,500. Why is this large difference?

Subbiah Arunachalam

 --- Fytton Rowland <J.F.Rowland_at_LBORO.AC.UK> wrote: >
Again, Albert has a point. These publicity
> activities have a price-tag.
> Perhaps the rather high author charge that PLoS is
> levying covers these
> costs.
>
> Incidentally, the brain-machine interface paper got
> coverage in the daily
> newspaper in Wellington, New Zealand - which did
> mention that it was in the
> first issue of the new PLoS Biology online journal.
>
> Fytton.
>
> Quoting Albert Henderson <chessNIC_at_compuserve.com>:
>
> > What is the cost of your unusual publicity
> campaign?
> > How do you pay for it?
> >
> > Albert Henderson
> > Pres., Chess Combination Inc.


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