On: I won’t review or write for Elsevier and other com...

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> they gradually stopped providing that added quality.

I had a paper accepted in a well regarded mathematics journal, and the copyeditor proceeded to thoroughly mangle it. I had to explain that the meaning of a fraction changes when you move stuff between the top and the bottom.

This journal charges $3,250 per year for a subscription. Although they are in fact a nonprofit, attached to a university.

I really fail to understand the economics of this industry.

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> I had to explain that the meaning of a fraction changes when you move stuff between the top and the bottom.

Sounds like it's time to communicate that to the entire editorial staff, request a refund, and never submit anything to them ever again.

Nonprofit or not... If a university can't retain staff with even basic competence, they don't deserve to continue in their current state.

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> I really fail to understand the economics of this industry.

It's not meant to be understood, that way it continues to thrive from public money.