publishing

[open access journals]

Has anyone published an article in an open access journal? Most of them require a publication fee (ranged between 100$ and 700$). To me, it doesn't sound like an academic avenue for publication. What do you guys think about this? I asked it because I have seen even full-time professors publishing in open access journals. In other words, they paid something to have published articles??? Isn't it weird?

[dontdoit]

do not try and publish in one. not only will you lose a bunch of coin but there is literally no pay off.

if you are having trouble getting a piece published in a generalist journal or leading specialty journal (which all pre-tenure folks should be shooting for) there are plenty of lesser known and obscure journals that don't charge you anything to submit.