Re: BMC in LJ Academic NewsWire

[Matthew Cockerill <matt@biomedcentral.com>]

Sally,

In fact, according to the terms of the new agreement (under which 
more than half of BioMed Central's independent titles operate), 
journal editors *do* receive payment, in the form of a share of 
the revenue from article processing charges for their journal.

Best regards,

Matt Cockerill
Publisher
BioMed Central (http://www.biomedcentral.com)
London W1T 4LB
Email: matt@biomedcentral.com

On 8 May 2006, at 23:57, Sally Morris ((ALPSP)) wrote:

> Interesting that BMC editors are not paid;  as far as I am 
> aware, most traditional publishers (both commercial and 
> nonprofit) do pay their journaleditors.  I'm not sure whether 
> unpaid editors are the norm in OA journals - can anyone 
> enlighten me?
>
> Sally Morris, Chief Executive
> Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers
> South House, The Street, Clapham, Worthing, West Sussex BN13 3UU, UK
> Email:  sally.morris@alpsp.org