I do not know why Sally said OA, as her comment is equally true for the conventional system. Even the possibility of eliminating the need for increases by greater efficiency is true for both systems. As Sally notices, OA might have an influence on the flow of papers were reduced. In a paid-on-behalf-of-the-author OA Journal mode, authors (or their funders or whoever subsidizes them) may see the obvious economic advantages of not publishing multiple small papers on the same subject. Dr. David Goodman Associate Professor Palmer School of Library and Information Science Long Island University dgoodman@liu.edu