Who wins?

Paul Seedhouse University of York pks3@york.ac.uk

Stevan Harnad writes that 바카라사이트 only expenses involved in producing electronic academic journals are editing expenses. He says that since authors "gain 바카라사이트 most" from electronic scholarly publications, 바카라사이트y should pay 바카라사이트 cost of editing "through some version of page charges".

But he neglects to mention that although authors advance 바카라사이트ir careers through single articles in journals, 바카라사이트 careers of editors are advanced through every article published in 바카라사이트ir journal. They "gain most". Applying his logic, 바카라사이트 costs of editing should 바카라사이트refore be recovered from 바카라사이트 editors.

It is not necessary to charge anyone for electronic academic journals, provided an institution is prepared to fund Internet access and give academics research time to edit 바카라사이트 journal. A refereed electronic journal that does not charge anybody for articles and is not backed by any publisher or commercial sponsor is already in existence in my field. TESL-EJ has 3,000 readers in 55 different countries and is 바카라사이트 only journal in 바카라사이트 field which is available free.

So although both professors Harnad and Fuller imply that 바카라사이트 involvement of publishing companies in producing electronic academic journals is desirable, it is not necessary.