Ethical profits from publishing
Ethical profits from publishing
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出版的道德利润
作者：
F. Gannon
过去几十年来，科学期刊的数量大幅增长。其中许多是由科学协会创办的，这些协会相信拥有一本专注于其研究领域的期刊最能满足其社区的利益。协会成员自愿担任编辑和审稿人，制定质量标准，从而确保期刊反映协会的抱负。然而，这些志愿服务不会将接受的手稿转换成印刷期刊，因此许多社团依赖商业出版社来负责印刷和发行。似乎没有进一步的后果——毕竟，它们不是“为了盈利”的。这些协会依靠出版商的专业精神来获得正确的金额并温和地推销期刊。有时，也许令他们惊讶的是，该期刊不仅满足了出版科学作品的需要，还为学会的活动创造了资金。
然而，随着时间的推移，学术界发生了变化……
The past decades have seen an enormous growth in the number of scientific journals. Many of these have been founded by scientific societies that believe that the interests of their community are best served by having a journal focused on their area of research. Society members, volunteering to act as editors and reviewers, set the standards for quality and thus ensure that the journal reflects the ambitions of the society. However, these volunteered services do not convert accepted manuscripts into printed journals, and so many societies rely on a commercial publishing house to take care of the printing and distribution. There seemed to be no further consequences—after all, they were not ‘for profit’. These societies relied on the professionalism of the publishers to get the sums right and market the journal gently. Sometimes, perhaps to their surprise, the journal not only satisfied the need to publish scientific works but also generated money for the societies’ activities.
With time, however, there has been a shift in the world of learned …