<div dir="ltr"><br><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Dec 9, 2013 at 10:05 PM, Heather Morrison <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:Heather.Morrison@uottawa.ca" target="_blank">Heather.Morrison@uottawa.ca</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div style="word-wrap:break-word">All of the 14 largest publishers listed in DOAJ that have article processing charges (by number of journals published) are commercial in nature, to the best of my knowledge (if any are not-for-profit, correction would be appreciated). </div>
</blockquote><div><br></div><div>"PLOS is a non-profit organization that supports itself largely through its publishing activities." from <a href="http://www.plos.org">www.plos.org</a><br><br></div></div>It is important to realize that "commercial" and "for-profit" are not synonymous. PLoS is a commercial non-profit organization.<br>
<br></div><div class="gmail_extra">"Commercial" is a wide concept but it is generally agreed that this includes any form of transaction of value, including teaching (students pay fees to be taught).<br></div><div class="gmail_extra">
-- <br>Peter Murray-Rust<br>Reader in Molecular Informatics<br>Unilever Centre, Dep. Of Chemistry<br>University of Cambridge<br>CB2 1EW, UK<br>+44-1223-763069
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