The lucrative business of science publishing | Letters | Education | The Guardian

"True, the profitability of international science journal publishers is high. And there is cause for concern, even though we don’t blink an eye at the profits of Apple, Google and Microsoft. But as things stand, the attempt by open access advocates to dislodge all subscription-based journals is a consumer advocacy movement to “decapitalise” journal publishing that has destabilised the creation of the knowledge record by championing a good idea without ensuring quality controls."