I second 100% Francisco. Money is made in bulk to make wealthy and super rich publishers. They (publishers) have no mercy to authors or peer reviewers. APC is just an excuse they use to make More money. Of course millions of researchers in LMICs are put under pressure to pay on the basis of publish or perish.
Best regards.
Najeeb Al-Shorbaji, PhD, FIAHSI
President, Jordan Library and Information Association
President, eHealth Development Association
President, Middle East and North Africa Health Informatics Association
Vice-President, IMIA
Part-time Lecturer and Researcher at PLRI, Germany
Visiting Professor, Ain Shams University, Egypt
Member of the International Academy of Public Health Scientific Council
Editor, Jordanian Journal of Library and Information Science
Editorial Broad Member, Arab Board Medical Journal
ORCID ID 0000-0003-3843-8430
HIFA Profile: Najeeb Al-Shorbaji recently retired from the World Health Organization (WHO), where he has worked since 1988 in different capacities. He was most recently Director of the Knowledge, Ethics and Research Department at WHO headquarters, Geneva. Previously he was Coordinator for Knowledge Management and Sharing in EMRO (Eastern Mediterranean Regional Office), Egypt. He is a member of a number of national and international professional societies and associations specialised in information management and health informatics. He has authored over 100 research papers and articles presented in various conferences and published in professional journals. He is a member of the HIFA Steering Group and the HIFA Working Group on Multilingualism. http://www.hifa.org/support/members/najeeb http://www.hifa.org/projects/multilingualism Email: shorbajin AT gmail.com
