Pay What You Want und Open Access | Telepolis

From Google's English: "Most open access journals not only allow readers to read published content free of charge, but authors can also publish it free of charge. Other open access journals are financed by article fees, which authors pay when a journal adopts its text for publication. Typically, these fees are negotiable, and only scientists from economically disadvantaged regions can apply for reduced payments.

The procedure is somewhat different with the Surgery Journal of the Thieme publishing house: It pursues with Pay What You Want a payment model, which is known among other things from the catering trade and in which the customers determine, which price they for a offer or a service pay are ready...."