At 02:08 PM 12/16/2002 +0000, you wrote:
>Arthur Smith said:
>
> > Uh, your math is way off there. The total would be $1 billion ($1000
> > million for clarity). And your $500 is after a factor-of-three
> > improvement in costs that isn't exactly available as yet
>
>In a review study I did earlier this year (Learned Publishing, vol 15, no.
>4, pp. 247-258) I came to the conclusion, based on several published studies
>from reputable researchers, that that $500/paper figure for refereeing
>costs is roughly right.
>
>Fytton Rowland.
Fytton's paper is online here,
http://makeashorterlink.com/?Y27124BC2
Peter
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Received on Mon Dec 16 2002 - 22:47:03 GMT