Dear Olutosin, I agree with you, the fees are too high and if paying how can you be sure that the paper is or not of a high quality. That opens the question about what a high quality is? Who will decide this? According to what is the paper classified in high qualities? I believe that there are many high quality papers that are rejected from some journals. All of us can not be extraordinary creators of theories, not everybody can be Fishman for example, not everybody can be Van Dijk. Not everyone can made a model of something, not everyone can be founders of theories, yet some of us have many things to say thus, create a quality paper. The editor has to be aware of the condition in the country where the paper is written. It should not be an author fault if some theory is too old for some editors, but this particular theory is in its humble beginnings in some country. A lot of factors should be taken into consideration. Finally, why should we have to pay? The science and the knowledge should be open for everyone. I avoid journals which ask the submitter to pay a fee.

Kind regards,

Janusheva

Thank you dear Dibakar Pal for sharing your candid view on this discussion. You mean it may not be necessary to employ the services of so-called professional editors of manuscripts if the paper is of high quality.

Olutosin

Dear Olutosin, I agree with you, the fees are too high and if paying how can you be sure that the paper is or not of a high quality. That opens the question about what a high quality is? Who will decide this? According to what is the paper classified in high qualities? I believe that there are many high quality papers that are rejected from some journals. All of us can not be extraordinary creators of theories, not everybody can be Fishman for example, not everybody can be Van Dijk. Not everyone can made a model of something, not everyone can be founders of theories, yet some of us have many things to say thus, create a quality paper. The editor has to be aware of the condition in the country where the paper is written. It should not be an author fault if some theory is too old for some editors, but this particular theory is in its humble beginnings in some country. A lot of factors should be taken into consideration. Finally, why should we have to pay? The science and the knowledge should be open for everyone. I avoid journals which ask the submitter to pay a fee.

Kind regards,

Janusheva

I strongly agree with Dr.Dibakar & Dr.Violeta.

hello

i also say : If your paper is of high quality, it will be published for free.

regards

As I posted before, almost of trusted and indexed journals (excluding Open Access Journals) are free of charge, kindly visit the links below:

http://journalfinder.elsevier.com/

https://www.springeropen.com/get-published/find-the-right-journal

www.scimagojr.com

https://www.researchgate.net/post/Trusted_and_indexed_Journal_Impact_Factor_2017_Updated_by_Thomson_Reuters_Journals_Citation_Report

Regards, Emad

A peer reviewed journal never ask for payment when publishing (closed access) unless you asked for (open access). Best regards.

Many thanks dear respected researchers for your invaluable contributions to this discussion. Really appreciate you for your time and interest.

Olutosin

I've never had to use a professional editor. As long as your spelling, grammar, and style are good, then their services are unnecessary.

Thank you dear Dr. Kirk MacGregor for your personal view on this discussion.

This is a wonderful question and I follow that with my greetings

Many thanks dear Drs. Bankole and ابتسام صاحب الزويني for your helpful contributions to this discussion.

Olutosin

Dear All,

So long as open access mode of paper publications came around, some publishers (even renowned ones), try to highlight and encourage this mode of publications. For the closed access publications, there is some sort of publishers' reluctance towards early action in publication. In some cases the charge of open access publications is as high as US$ 1220, even more.

Regards, Faramarz

I agree with a number of contributions made above in this discussion.

Thank you dear Drs. Faramarz Seraji and Jumoke Soyemi for your valuable contributions to this discussion.

Olutosin

Dear Olutosin,

The service you talk about is optional (not compulsory) in case your submitted manuscript is not proofreaded, poor syntax, and has many grammatical errors. The journal provides this service with editing fees in order to ensure a well written paper before submission process, and this will increase the rate of your paper acceptance. However, if you don't want to use this service, you make sure that your paper is well written.

In my own opinion, you may not need the services of so-called professional editors when you have really done a well articulated and thorough research work before submitting to a reputable journal with excellence track record. This can minimize the possibility of manuscripts rejection.

Thank you

Oluwaseun

Dear Dr. Oluwaseun A. Otekunrin, really appreciate your helpful and personal contribution on this discussion.

Thank you

Olutosin

I once had a run-in (by email) with a (self-styled?) professional editor who posted an ad on a listserv I was subscribed to. I spotted an error (a category mistake of a grammatical sort that a non-native speaker of English might make) in his ad and informed him of it. He took umbrage at this and tried to belittle me with mockery. I think there are many non-native speakers who completed degrees at English-speaking universities and came away with an inflated view of their proficiency in English. At my own university, I was astounded by the number of people who posted ads on notice boards offering editing/proofreading services, yet had simple grammatical errors in their ads. I am not a grammar Nazi but pluralizing with an apostrophe-S just doesn't cut it. Maybe it is a just a case of getting what you pay for, since those ads commanding higher fees also tended to be error-free and had a more professional appearance.

Thank you dear Dr. Karl Pfeiffer for your personal experience concerning the discussion. Thank you so much for sharing this on this platform.

Olutosin

In my own opinion, some researchers may need their services in case they did not have the time to go through very thorough manuscript proofreading before submitting it.

Thank you

Oluwaseun

Really appreciate your valuable comment Dr. Oluwaseun A. Otekunrin. Many thanks.

Olutosin

Professional editors are well known about their expertisation of his respective

subject , the syntax of editing book , journal or paper and the most important

thing is his ethical view on academics / research .