ISSN: 2167-7700
Amit K. Maiti
Again
the literatures are of high qualities and are comparable to subscription
journals as peer reviews do not depend on the price barrier. There are
various models of maintaining journals. Subscription based journals
generally get their revenue through subscribing institutions, paid
from individual readers and advertisements. ‘Open Access’ journals
mainly depend on author charges, institutional subscriptions and
advertisements or sponsors. Author charges are not high and affordable
from various scientific grants. In cases of hardship, journals generally
waive author charges. But why this paradigm shift was necessary from
subscription journals to ‘Open Access’ journals. And still why is it
worth of it for ‘chemotherapy’?