Good for them.
“closed access or author-fee publication” - the second part needs mention. As a response to public outcry against paywalled research, the top journals (including Nature) have created open access journals that are free to read but cost $3000-$10000 to publish in. Nearly all of that cost is paid from federal grants. The costs are set based on what they make for traditional publishing plus an OA premium so that they actually make more off open access than paywalled articles. Currently for the biggest journals everyone’s tax dollars go straight to publishers’ pockets whether people get to read the articles or not.
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