Publisher of Free Online Science Journal Charges Authors a 'Processing Fee'

By JEFFREY R. YOUNG

An online publisher that offers its science journals free on the Internet has begun asking authors to pay a $500 fee to have their articles published. The publisher, BioMed Central, says it hopes other online publishers will follow suit, and that colleges will soon routinely pick up the tab to have their professors' work...

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