Scientists paid large publishers over $1 billion in four years to have their studies published with open access.

Nature Comms and Sci Reports cornering the market.

Open access = good.
Extortionate APCs with little or no actual editorial service = bad.

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@xtaldave what are some people's favourite not for profit publishers?

@weberam2 @xtaldave i like eLife and PLOS

the problem with Nat Comms is that their impact factor is massive. when i was still in academia and publishing regularly, the PIs all wanted to be in there. and it was really difficult. but when we got it, it usually made a huge splash.

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Chemical Science! Excellent research and completely free for authors & readers.

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