The discussion centers around the availability of free peer review services for research papers, with specific inquiries about the practices of Physical Review Letters (PRL) and general journal policies regarding publication fees and peer review processes.
Participants express differing views on the existence of free peer review services and the policies of various journals regarding publication fees. There is no consensus on the availability of reputable peer review services outside of journal submissions.
Participants' claims about journal policies may depend on specific fields and individual experiences, and there is a lack of clarity regarding the conditions under which page charges may be waived.
If you are submitting an article for publication, most journals will peer review, typeset and publish your article for free (if it is accepted). The notable exception is PRL, which I believe, charges a publication fee.kakarot1905 said:Hi
Does anybody know any free peer review services for research papers?
Does physical review letters have a free peer review service?
Thanks
Hootenanny said:If you are submitting an article for publication, most journals will peer review, typeset and publish your article for free (if it is accepted). The notable exception is PRL, which I believe, charges a publication fee.
Most journals I have seen do indeed levy "page charges", but offer x free pages for each manuscript. Certainly for papers in my field, this free limit is usually sufficient for the entire paper. Of course, there are also many journals that do not levy any page charges whatsoever, certainly in mathematics and engineering. Of the articles I have published, I have only had to pay once - for exceeding the free page limit by a few pages.Andy Resnick said:I am unaware of any Journal that does not levy 'page charges'- online or print. The charges can be waived in some circumstances, but I have paid for every article I ever published.