Rajvir - that depends on the organisation. Some universities will allocate funding to pay for open access fees - particularly if they are dependent on national ranking schemes i.e. PBRF (New Zealand), RAE (UK) etc. However, there is usually a limited cap on this allowance and many fee-charging journals are of low quality compared to many 'established' journals that do not charge for publication. Many other universities will not  fund such publication - and so it is up to the individual researcher to fund those publications through 'consultancy' funds etc. 

I would contest your claim, however, that most leading journals charge authors money to publish; in my experience, most do not

Dear Dean Whitehead

In my opinion many established Journals are charging for publication. In developing countries it is problem to pay the publication charge and many organizations are not having provision to pay? On Agricultural Engineering leading Journals like Transactions of American Society of Agricultural Engineering; Elsevier publications; Biosystems Engineering, Bioresource Technology and few Journals published by African Societies are paid one.. ..I will be happy if information available of some Journals which are unpaid which will be helpful to us..

with best regards

Dr R Yadav

[email protected]

India

Hi Rajvir,

we might be 'getting our lines crossed here'. Most open access journals charge, and I agree that many established journals are now offering authors the option of an 'additional' open-access facility (that was not available previously). However, that option is 'optional' - and I always say no. 

Dear Sir Dean Whitehead

Thanks for your guidance for "additional option" to author in connection to publication in open-access. Sir you are also requested for accepting it.