Re: The True Cost of the Essentials (Implementing Peer Review)

2001-12-13 Thread Arthur Smith
David Goodman wrote: > > It may have cost $1000 to prepare an article for press in 1977. > Given that the editors and the reviewers services are free, and the > material is normally submitted in electronic form, how much should it cost > now? First note $1000 in 1977 is about $2850 in 2001, accord

Re: The True Cost of the Essentials (Implementing Peer Review)

2001-12-13 Thread David Goodman
It may have cost $1000 to prepare an article for press in 1977. Given that the editors and the reviewers services are free, and the material is normally submitted in electronic form, how much should it cost now? What does the publisher need to do in pre-press besides copy-edit? This is not the sam