Some journals, such as the open access UC Journal Collabra are doing just that, where a portion of publication fees are set aside for authors and they can either use that money to compensate themselves ($/review done) or donate it to a fund to offset those publication fees for other authors with less funding (UGs, Grad, Post-docs).
They have a very short video which explains the model on their website: http://www.collabra.org. Encouraging to see from this young scientist. James On Feb 16, 2016 1:21 PM, "David Duffy" <[email protected]> wrote: > > http://chronicle.com/article/Want-to-Change-Academic/134546?cid=trend_right_h > > "So why not try this: If academic work is to be commodified and turned > into a source of profit for shareholders and for the 1 percent of the > publishing world, then we should give up our archaic notions of unpaid > craft labor and insist on professional compensation for our expertise, just > as doctors, lawyers, and accountants do." > > -- > David Duffy > 戴大偉 (Dài Dàwěi) > Pacific Cooperative Studies Unit/Makamakaʻāinana > Botany > University of Hawaii/*Ke Kulanui o Hawaiʻi* > 3190 Maile Way > Honolulu Hawaii 96822 USA > 1-808-956-8218 >
