Mark Doyle said:
> There are two big hurdles: 1) reducing the cost of handling electronic
> manuscripts and 2) author/institution/funding agency acceptance of
> paying submission fees up front.
Regarding 2), I have heard some concerns that this would unfairly
penalise the most productive institutions/departments. Institution
A producing 500 research papers p.a. will be liable for twice the
level of charges of less effective Institution B producing only 250
papers p.a. This may make the management of Institution A less
than enthusiastic about such a move towards submssion charges.
I'd welcome any further insights on this.
Frank Norman National Institute for Medical Research
Librarian The Ridgeway, Mill Hill
London NW7 1AA, UK
tel 0208 913 8629 email fnorman_at_nimr.mrc.ac.uk
fax 0208 913 8534
http://www.nimr.mrc.ac.uk/personal/Frank
Received on Wed Feb 10 1999 - 19:17:43 GMT