Comment on EU ready to back immediate open access without author feesparentComments−refurb3yThis is a terrible take.Journals without fees (or lower fees) are available. Why don’t researchers publish in those?Presumably because the journals that charge high fees offer something the lower cost ones don’t.−Dylan168073yThey have network effects.Charging for network effects is rent seeking.−refurb3yNetwork effects are dominant due to reach. Open access journals have even more reach than the paywall journals.So it's not that.
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This is a terrible take.
Journals without fees (or lower fees) are available. Why don’t researchers publish in those?
Presumably because the journals that charge high fees offer something the lower cost ones don’t.
They have network effects.
Charging for network effects is rent seeking.
Network effects are dominant due to reach. Open access journals have even more reach than the paywall journals.
So it's not that.