[LINK] Open access publishing not a threat to research grants

[Tom Worthington]

At 07:19 PM 1/02/2007, Adam Todd wrote:
>... Can't they just use a Linux Box and PDF converter? Save a bloody fortune?

There is a little more to do to publish a paper than just converting 
the word document to PDF; but yes, much of it can be automated (or 
the work put back on the author). Have a look at the diagram of the 
editorial and publishing process 
<http://dl.acs.org.au/templates/images/edprocess.png> in the help 
file 
<http://dl.acs.org.au/index.php/ajis/help/view/intro/topic/000000> 
for the ACS Digital Library <http://dl.acs.org.au/>.


Roger Clarke worked out that it costs $US300-1,000 per article for 
electronic publishing 
<http://www.anu.edu.au/people/Roger.Clarke/EC/JP-CP.html>.



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