Re: Open Access to Research Is Inevitable, Libraries Are Told

[Eric Hellman <eric@hellman.net>]

I think it would be interesting for all to see how publishers 
would itemize the expenses associated with review process.

My guess is that many of the items would be unanticipated by 
non-publishers but still scaleable.

On Feb 25, 2010, at 6:02 PM, Anthony Watkinson wrote:

> Is Professor Guedon really suggesting that publishers who spend a
> lot of money on online editorial systems, on editor honoraria, on
> editorial back-up costs and on editorial board meetings are
> really doing so because they want to increase their costs? The
> software he mentions may well work for small journals in the
> humanities but it is my understanding that it does not satisfy
> editors of biomedical journals or their authors:.
>
> Anthony