In general authors do not get paid for their hard work instead some have to pay journals to get published. An author's wish is to get cited and some journals charge fees to readers ( other authors) before accessing the paper which may have THE information. Not everyone can something afford the subscription hence some articles are not accessible and not probably cited because of that.
What are your thoughts?
Yes, I am completely agree with your point. Some good articles never cited due to this paradox. This is a typical scenario, no one is getting benefit out of the system. Thanks a lot for pointing out something which is very improtant.
Efectivamente, ese es un problema importante para la difusión del conocimiento. De ahí la importancia de apoyar a las revistas editadas en abierto. No obstante, tampoco puede obviarse que la edición de una revista de calidad necesita de recursos económicos y estos han de salir de alguna parte. Ciertamente es fundamental buscar fórmulas que permitan la viabilidad de esta publicaciones.
It's typically commercial, I agree with the colleagues, it's good to have affordable fees that helps for better publishing, but not that greedy.
Open Journals could be the right solution, both for authors and the scientific community. Article Processing Charges are necessary for the quality of the Journal. As a researcher, one has to be very smart in finding sources for financial resources. Another solution is to include the APC in the costs of the research project.
with online journals, a subscription will be out of date. for me, it is just commercial.
I have extracted and compiled necessary information about all academic journals in excel format here. It also mentions which journals are free (subscription available) or paid open access:
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/341352614_Free_Journals_list_with_Impact_Factors
please request and recommend on the above link.
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