There are of course editors who have a royalty agreement with the publisher. Often not a high percentage although in the order of 5-7% of revenue is not unheard of. But even a small percentage of a large amount can be a persuasive argument for editors thus recompensed to stay with the conventional journal publishing system.
Jan Velterop > -----Original Message----- > From: David Goodman [mailto:dgood...@phoenix.princeton.edu] > Sent: 12 September 2002 23:55 > To: american-scientist-open-access-fo...@listserver.sigmaxi.org > Subject: Re: Garfield: "Acknowledged Self-Archiving... > > > I certainly agree with Albert that > the critical role of a publisher is to > appoint an editor. Everything else about the > publication's quality depends on the manuscripts the editor can > acquire and the standards the editor sets. > > So why do publishers make large profits, while editors merely receive > office expense reimbursement? > > On Thu, > 12 Sep 2002, Albert Henderson wrote: > > > On Thu, 12 Sep 2002, Stevan Harnad wrote: > > > > > Publishers are essential contributors to the > implementation of peer > > > review, but their art and skill does not lie in the making of the > > > judgments. Those judgments are made by the peer-reviewers -- > > > researchers who give away their services for free, just > as the authors > > > are researchers who give away their research papers for free. > > > > Publishers recruit and train editors. Publishers > > may also support editors' office, meeting, and > > travel expenses. > > > > Editors recruit referees, solicit their > > advice and evaluate their reports. > > > > No automated server can ever replace editors, > > publishers, and their active approach to > > critical prepublication review. > > > > It is far more likely that the availability > > of preprints will become another excuse for > > backoffice budget misers to force the > > cancellation of more subscriptions. > > > > Best wishes, > > > > Albert Henderson > > Former Editor, PUBLISHING RESEARCH QUARTERLY 1994-2000 > > <70244.1...@compuserve.com> > > > > David Goodman > Research Librarian and > Biological Sciences Bibliographer > Princeton University Library > dgood...@princeton.edu 609-258-7785 >
