Hi Everyone,
Recently I submitted my manuscript to a journal publisher. What left me wondering is that a question asked by the system in my submission, which was "Do you prefer open access or subscription-based for your manuscript?". This is actually the first time I have been asked that type of question when submitting my manuscripts so far.
Is it a common practice that you have encountered? If so, does it potentially make any certain bias when the journal editorial offices make decisions (accept or reject) on the manuscript? I assume the revenue for open-access is much more worthy than the subscription-based. I might be wrong.
Thanks for everyone's insight!
Usually, this question arises when you have to pay for open access, but the subscription-based publication is free. You should check the conditions of that journal.
I don't think that your decision affects the acceptance of your manuscript. One of the ongoing concerns of publisher is that editors are not concerned with the commercial success of their journals :).
Hello Dr Taufik Slamet
I agree with Prof Jochen Glaser that it does not seem to influence whether your manuscript/paper is accepted. If it is good quality work, it should be accepted regardless of your payment option.
My personal preference is usually to get "subscription" to save costs. I do not know that my work ever got rejected for this reason (payment choice) but I am lucky that I do not have deadlines for publishing something so if my paper is rejected, I will just try with another journal (but might have to follow some recommendations from the review(s)).
Dear Sir I had a query one of my friend by mistake rather than clicking on subscription she clicked open access and submitted the article which is with editor how to change it to subscription.
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