Following is an extract from Researchbuzz: Chemistry World: Nature journals set to offer all authors open access route in 2021 – for a price https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/nature-journals-set-to-offer-all-authors.... "In a significant policy shift, Nature and its 32 sister journals will give authors the chance to make their work free to read immediately after publication from January 2021. The move was announced by Springer Nature, the world’s second biggest scholarly publisher, which runs the Nature-branded journals, earlier this week. The publisher plans a hefty article processing charge (APC) of €9500 (£8460) per article. Springer Nature says it’s not waiving the APC for researchers based in developing nations, which many open access journals and publishers already do." Good evening, Internet... === Having retired from active librarianship some twenty years ago, I am a Rip-van-Winkle. Shocked to learn about Article Processing fee at Rs 8.5 Lakhs?! Dr P Vyasamoorthy 30 Gruhalakshmi colony Secunderabad 500015 040-29552016 / 09490804278 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.