133: Manuscript submission fees

Some journals use nominal manuscript submission fees to discourage frivolous submissions. However, it has been suggested that increasing submission fees could reduce article processing charges. Dan and James discuss this proposal, along with the recently released code of conduct for scientific integrity from the Swiss Academies of Arts and Sciences.

• James’ Atlantic piece
• Submission fees for mansucripts
• The scholarly kitchen blog post
• We have a new partner: Paperpile!
• Our PeerJ episode with Jason Hoyt
• The code of conduct for scientific integrity from the Swiss Academies of Arts and Sciences

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Quintana, D.S., Heathers, J.A.J. (Hosts). (2021, June 7) "133: Manuscript submission fees", Everything Hertz [Audio podcast], DOI: 10.17605/OSF.IO/5MAQN

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