Researchers starting to realize the days of publishing wherever they want may be over.
"the journals I used to recommend are now unaffordable. Why should I pay $8,810..simply bc the publisher has refused to allow zero-embargo (immediate) access to my peer-reviewed paper as req'd by federal policy?"
In 2025, Elizabeth Selvin and her colleagues published in Nature Medicine for free. In 2026, it cost them $12,850, she writes.