Nature’s Foray Into Full Open Access Journals

"PLoS...will grant full or discounted waivers without question. In contrast, Scientific Reports does not offer to waive publication fees....Now, if Scientific Reports is in direct competition with PLoS ONE — and by competition, I mean for authors — those with access to funds have two publication options, while authors without funds have just one.... Unless funding agencies begin increasing the size and number of grants they provide scientists, there are few other untapped sources remaining. This additional source of manuscripts and money may come from authors who have traditionally published with non-profit society journals that levy page fees....[T]hese two journals may ultimately do their most damage to the non-profit society publishers...."