"For some journals, though not all I will admit, the vast majority of the
time
of the main editor, regional/sub-editors and even the administrative support
for those editors, is paid for by their employing university. They do this
partly because of the kudos associated with having the journal editor as one
of their staff and also because the staff members wish to do it and
academics
to some extent still have power over how their research time is spent."
This is absolutely and categorically untrue for most major medical journals.
The era when medical schools granted free space for editorial offices or
allowed editors to work uncompensated is long past.
For example, one client of mine, a major nonprofit publisher in clinical
medicine, is currently supporting the editorial offices of its 5 journals to
the tune of $3.2 million per year.
You, like so many in the OA community, are looking at small journals in
basic or social science and assuming that the funding is the the same for
medical journals (which are the center of public policy debate). Enlightened
debate on this topic demands that we not start with false assumptions.
Peter Banks
On 1/28/07 8:34 AM, "Andrew A. Adams" <A.A.Adams_at_READING.AC.UK> wrote:
> It is also hghly misleading (and I think you know this and are either
> following the PR pit-bull or being at minimum deliberalte disingenuous about
> it) to claim that publishers bear all the costs involved in these processes.
> For some journals, though not all I will admit, the vast majority of the time
> of the main editor, regional/sub-editors and even the administrative support
> for those editors, is paid for by their employing university. They do this
> partly because of the kudos associated with having the journal editor as one
> of their staff and also because the staff members wish to do it and academics
> to some extent still have power over how their research time is spent.
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