Hi Eneko,

Elsevier will ask you a publication fee for certain, and many science publishing companies do the same. I am sometimes asked by publishers to write an editorial for their journal. After publication, I receive an invoice!? I always refuse to pay it. When a publishing house asks you to write a paper or editorial or review, it is a downright fraud to ask you to pay for it and - as a present - lose the copyright as an author as well.

In science publishing in general prices, go higher when you publish in Nature and Science or other top rated journals. Nevertheless, the reviewers of your paper do not get paid, and on top of this the journal keeps the copyright, which should in fact stay with the author(s).

What I do now is to publish online myself, with my own cost free publishing cooperative and via ResearchGate. I reach an audience which is larger than when I would publish with Elsevier, since Elsevier is the copyright owner and - in this case - has the right to distribute and charge the readers for my or your paper or editorial, for which the have send you an invoice by the way. That's sheer lunacy and money grabbing at least.

Be aware, Eneko, you will be asked to pay and lose your copyright as well. On top of this, your readers will be asked to pay for a copy of your paper as well.

Would you accept that as a novel writer? No, because you would own the copyright and if successful, earn some money with it, for the effort you and your editor have made. Seen in this context, many science publishers are money sharks. Scientists should revolt against this business model. It's not that difficult.

Cheers,

Frank

Hi,

It seems this is a journal that focus on data mainly. It is indexed in several databases, but not fully accepted yet in the WoS, since it is an ESCI journal.