Re: Garfield: "Acknowledged Self-Archiving...

From: Jan Velterop <jan_at_BIOMEDCENTRAL.COM>
Date: Fri, 13 Sep 2002 09:24:34 +0100

There are of course editors who have a royalty agreement with the publisher.
Often not a high percentage although in the order of 5-7% of revenue is not
unheard of. But even a small percentage of a large amount can be a
persuasive argument for editors thus recompensed to stay with the
conventional journal publishing system.

Jan Velterop

> -----Original Message-----
> From: David Goodman [mailto:dgoodman_at_PHOENIX.PRINCETON.EDU]
> Sent: 12 September 2002 23:55
> To: AMERICAN-SCIENTIST-OPEN-ACCESS-FORUM_at_LISTSERVER.SIGMAXI.ORG
> Subject: Re: Garfield: "Acknowledged Self-Archiving...
>
>
> I certainly agree with Albert that
> the critical role of a publisher is to
> appoint an editor. Everything else about the
> publication's quality depends on the manuscripts the editor can
> acquire and the standards the editor sets.
>
> So why do publishers make large profits, while editors merely receive
> office expense reimbursement?
>
> On Thu,
> 12 Sep 2002, Albert Henderson wrote:
>
> > On Thu, 12 Sep 2002, Stevan Harnad wrote:
> >
> > > Publishers are essential contributors to the
> implementation of peer
> > > review, but their art and skill does not lie in the making of the
> > > judgments. Those judgments are made by the peer-reviewers --
> > > researchers who give away their services for free, just
> as the authors
> > > are researchers who give away their research papers for free.
> >
> > Publishers recruit and train editors. Publishers
> > may also support editors' office, meeting, and
> > travel expenses.
> >
> > Editors recruit referees, solicit their
> > advice and evaluate their reports.
> >
> > No automated server can ever replace editors,
> > publishers, and their active approach to
> > critical prepublication review.
> >
> > It is far more likely that the availability
> > of preprints will become another excuse for
> > backoffice budget misers to force the
> > cancellation of more subscriptions.
> >
> > Best wishes,
> >
> > Albert Henderson
> > Former Editor, PUBLISHING RESEARCH QUARTERLY 1994-2000
> > <70244.1532_at_compuserve.com>
> >
>
> David Goodman
> Research Librarian and
> Biological Sciences Bibliographer
> Princeton University Library
> dgoodman_at_princeton.edu 609-258-7785
>
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