Gotta love academic journals
 

http://www.amazon.com/Brain-Research/dp/B000BPURPM/

No, it's not a typo... a subscription to that journal actually costs $20k a year :disgust

Considering the fact that the research they conduct costs tons, I don't find it surprising and not even overpriced. This isn't some amateur blogger we're talking about.

Holy crap.. I noticed that it says the magazine subscription cannot be canceled or refunded either

do they have an affiliate program? :winkwink::winkwink:

Hmm? The research they conduct?

The publisher doesn't pay for the research. Generally speaking, universities (that is, in most cases, governments) pay for the research.

Scientists nor their institutions usually get paid for the articles. Their "payment" is exposure. Often, even the reviewers don't get paid.

These days, many journals even charge authors for publication.

In that case, it's a brilliant business idea. :)

However, regardless of whoever it is that conducts the research, I think buying a record of the results for $20K/year is still incredibly cheap, considering how much research does cost.

holy wow! what is it about?

It isn't cheap, if you consider who pays for it - you, the taxpayer.

It mostly works like this:

Editors - get paid by their universities.
Scientists - get paid by their universities.
Scientists - pay for getting published (their university will typically pay).
Reviewers - get paid by their universities.
Universities - pay for their subscriptions to journals.
Taxpayers - pay for universities.
Publishers - bathe in money.

Now, some journals have gone "open access" (meaning anyone can access them for free online), but at present, the publishers are fighting against that. In fact, they're trying to get it outlawed in the US :1orglaugh

It's called "Brain Research". Guess.

As I said, brilliant business idea. :Graucho

It's a shame governments and universities happily go along with it, though...

I think they really have bigger problems though. :)

haha, always thinking about business :thumbsup