Apart from PLoS & PeerJ, the business of open publishing looks more and more like a money-taking racket http://news.sciencemag.org/people-events/2015/05/open-access-publisher-sacks-31-editors-amid-fierce-row-over-independence …
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@KirkegaardEmil Hopefully the next 2 years see academic societies shift to in-house, ultra-low-cost publishing on open-source software.
@timothycbates Don't really need costs at all. Websites are fairly cheap. Even a small grant every year can cover journals.
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@KirkegaardEmil Elsevier don't burn money we give them: software devt costs. But yeah, UK jrnl budget (~£4e7) would cover cost for world. -
@timothycbates Not that much. I know, I'm a software developer and web designer. :) Look http://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2009/06/01/consumer-price-index-oa/ … alsohttps://alexholcombe.wordpress.com/2013/01/09/scholarly-publishers-and-their-high-profits/ …
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