Hello, On 14-Aug-2014, at 10:52 AM, Sahil ModGill <scorpionking.sa...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Why most science journals or PhD holders or research fellows don't publish > their work free of cost? > > (Obviously, why should one publish his/her work free of cost for which > (s)he worked tirelessly or burned midnight oil) > Pursuit of knowledge is also a profession and not a hobby, at least for a large number of academics.
> Seen few journals for my cousin's research work and all were paid :( > Most good journals require a large amount of money to process each article / paper. It takes a lot of effort for secretarial / editorial staff to maintain good quality. Still a lot of medical journals go free after a period of self imposed restricted / paid access. This period usually varies from 5 to 10 years. Must be same for other academic disciplines also. > Why don't libraries or particular universities publish their research > fellows work for free of cost? It means they are looking for business and > not for serving to society (actually they meant for the latter purpose). Difficult to serve on empty stomach. Regards, Alok Sachan. _______________________________________________ ILUGC Mailing List: http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc ILUGC Mailing List Guidelines: http://ilugc.in/mailinglist-guidelines
