When selfish publishers set up shops online，the primary goal is to publish as much as possible，often at the cost of quality.In this respect，many publishers start numerous online journals focused on overlapping (重叠的) disciplines—to increase their total number of published papers—and hire young business managers who do not have any experience in either science or publishing.In some cases，online publishers even give up peer review，while still presenting themselves as scientific journals—deception designed to take advantage of scientists who simply want to share their research.
If publishers structure their business to make more revenue，it often does harm to their products.When publishers start journals with overlapping domains，in combination with the pressure to publish more studies,this could promote the publication of marginal or even questionable articles.Moreover，publishers with multiple overlapping journals and journals with very narrow specialties (专业) increase the demands on the time and efforts of willing reviewers.With the fact that reviewers are generally not compensated for their time and effort，journal editors are often unable to find enough reviewers to keep up with the increased publication rate.
To improve the situation and increase the trust in scientific community，the pressure to publish must be reduced.Funding and promotion decisions should not be based on the number of publications，but on the quality of those publications and a researcher's long-term productivity and instructions. And that's just the start.We need additional mechanisms，such as Beall's list of predatory (掠夺的) publishers，to alert scientists to fake journals and fake articles.In addition，the price for online publication must be controlled and a mechanism must be put in place to honor and reward hard-working reviewers.
Why can't publishers find enough reviewers to review papers?无