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.

#Science #Research

https://english.elpais.com/science-tech/2023-11-21/scientists-paid-large-publishers-over-1-billion-in-four-years-to-have-their-studies-published-with-open-access.html?outputType=amp

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

A study reveals that academic megajournals ‘Scientific Reports’ and ‘Nature Communications’ have cornered the market

^{Manuel Ansede (Ediciones EL PAÍS S.L.)}