The quality of articles published in such journals are high, they are not open access.
I am also sure authors publish in such Journals at no cost so the only way such "quality multi-national journals" make their money is to sell quality papers to interested readers.
I have so much respect for journals that always have zero article processing charge and are high impact journals. If they are not open access, it is still understandable than those with high APC and still not open access.
@Dr. Adesuji Adedoyin, but there are journal that charge heavy and are not still open access. To say the worse case scenario, even as a review of such manuscript in that journal , I was not given the privilege of having access to the paper I reviewed for them. I was asked to pay $50USD for an access.
It is business. Thus, as in all business, the companies at the top of the food chain swallow up the smaller companies. This has happend to many publishig companies. The corporate model has permeated into all industries - food, health care, publishing, etc. I won't be surprised if Amazon or Walmart gets into the publication business.
They try to cover up for the energy, time and money spent during review process.
@ Dr. Ngozi Anigbogu, ma, the reviewers that did the bulk of the work through rigour of peer reviewing process were not compensated for their time and energy.
Some little renumeration should be given to the reviewers mostly those charging APC.
They are somehow inconsiderate especially on the aspect of the reviewers of those papers published by those journals. At least a little compensation for their time and energy apart from being a voluntary engagement.
Some journals were so mony conscious to the fact that after the manuscript has scaled through the rigorous peer review process and eventually get published. The reviewer is also did not have a complementary access to the published one but surprisingly asked to pay to access the manuscript the peer reviewed. It was quit demoralising. It have worked for some journals like that. It is as serious as that.
Should it have gotten to that level?
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