Most Pubmed indexed journals are charging Article processing fees / editing fees of 250-1250 $ making it impossible for students and young physicians to publish reseach in these journals . Isnt this counterproductive for fair research in medical practice ?
Charging APC is not unethical; yes, it is acknowledged as a barrier to low-resource researchers and readers. However, there are many high-quality open-access medical journals with the no APC. Check out a list here: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/376002011_A_Collection_of_DiamondPlatinum_Open-Access_Medical_Journals_indexed_on_PubMed
But why charge such an extra ordinary amount to publish an article . This creates a huge parity and only those with significant amount of money publish in these journals ? Isnt the scientific community deprived from data representing the maximum populations ?
Your concerns are valid, but publishers also have seemingly valid reasons (truly, journal publishing is not free). Hopefully, things we change as more and more people push for 'open science.' Meanwhile, researchers have the option of publishing with diamond/platinum open access journals which are both free-to-publish and free-to-read. See a list of diamond open access medical journals indexed on pubmed: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/376002011_A_Collection_of_DiamondPlatinum_Open-Access_Medical_Journals_indexed_on_PubMed
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