In the recent past, we published our articles without publishing fees, but now we must pay for our efforts and ideas. What have we gained from that?. This is no longer a scientific curriculum, but a trade in the name of science. Not all researchers receive support from their institutions to pay publishing fees, we must take that into consideration.
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Ultimately agree, academic industry shift over and several parties initiate new jobs within publishing industry. Anyway, dear Professor this is our time and many issues will be exist in the future my be mich horrible.
This question has been discussed here rather often. See, e.g., the following discussion (and my summary reply therein): https://www.researchgate.net/post/Why_do_journals_request_authors_to_pay_article_publication_charges_before_publication_and_require_authors_to_pay_before_access
See also:
https://www.researchgate.net/post/What_is_article_processing_charge_and_why_the_publication_fee_is_charged_to_Author
https://www.researchgate.net/post/Article_Processing_Charge
https://www.researchgate.net/post/A_research_paper_costs_more_to_publish_than_a_Car
https://www.researchgate.net/post/Publishing_open_access_for_1000
https://www.researchgate.net/post/Why_we_pay_for_publication
https://www.researchgate.net/post/Article-processing_charge_APC
https://www.researchgate.net/post/What_is_the_impact_of_high_article_processing_charges_on_research_publication_activities_in_low_and_middle_income_countries
https://www.researchgate.net/post/Researchers_in_developing_nations_face_difficulties_with_the_publication_fee
https://www.researchgate.net/post/Because_famous_academic_publications_cost_money_is_science_exclusive_to_the_wealthy_Where_is_scientific_equality_between_the_wealthy_and_the_poor
https://www.researchgate.net/post/How-much-does-someone-pay-to-publish-in-this-journal
https://www.researchgate.net/post/Why_does_Nature_Open_Access_charge_so_much_to_publish
https://www.researchgate.net/post/What_is_your_opinion_on_the_journals_where_you_pay_a_fee_to_be_able_to_publish_your_paper
https://www.researchgate.net/post/Journal_Publication_fee
https://www.researchgate.net/post/Is-it-fair-for-peer-reviewed-international-Journals-to-charge-exorbitant-processing-fees
https://www.researchgate.net/post/Publication_game_and_charges_inflation
https://www.researchgate.net/post/Do_you_think_that_the_academic_publishing_industry_exploits_scholars
https://www.researchgate.net/post/Do_you_know_the_journals_which_paid_royalties_to_authors
Mohammed Faez Hasan
Dear Dr. Mohammed,
Thank you for your contribution to this discussion
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Wolfgang R. Dick
Dear Dr. Wolfgang
Thank you so much for your valuable answer
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Ahmed S.Mohammed
Dear Ahmed,
Thank you very much for your answer
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Hello Dr Ali I. Al-Mosawi
I agree that many journals are increasingly making profit and I note there are some which are still not OA and you do not have fees. Unfortunately, it is not possible to easily look it up in a list - that just does not exist. It would be nice if it was THAT easy!
https://www.editage.com/insights/is-there-a-list-of-subscription-based-journals-available
Joseph C Lee
Dear Dr. Joseph C Lee
Thank you very much for your contribution to answering this discussion.
Best Regards
Even subscripted journals are selling our researches without paying any cent to the authors.
Nawras H. Mostafa
Dear Dr. Nawras,
That's true, but at least we don't have to pay publishing fees.
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"In the recent past, we published our articles without publishing fees. " It is not exactly true. We have paid as a reader (not as publisher) through taxes for institutions, libraries, etc or personally through subscriptions, buying journals books etc. If the author pays, tnen the reader pays nothing. In the recent past the problem was to obtain the new publication and to read without the problem to publish new research results. Now it is "fifty fifty": to publish and to pay (the reader do not pays), or to publish without fee (the reader pays publishing fee). All possibilities are not comfortable for scientists in developing countries epecially with necessary ideas (will stay in the forest) for sustainable development.
The posiible solution of this chalenge between the writer and the reader in one person (the scientist) may be: personally brakes in writing (dependent from requirements for reporting and salary), cooperation under scientists from different countries with big differences in science support (depending from neveau of education, resources etc), technology exchange (depending on willl and competition) for sustainable development, coordination under countries (foreign policy), benevolent donations (long tome investments) in scientific publishing etc. All these challenges may be solved if the person will be ready to change his personal spirituality and to understand the problems of collegues notonly through temporary will and profit.
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