I did have an incorrect memory. Maybe not really a false memory because I think I was confused and encoded things incorrectly to begin with. Also, I had no intent to besmirch Psych Record. I was only trying to figure out what defines a good place to publish.
My one and only publication there was a very positive experience. The reviews were insightful and constructive. They were done in a timely fashion. Turn around time from first submission to being in press was less than a year. The editor was easy to work with. Everything went very smoothly. Perhaps I was spoiled by that experience and therefore felt some later experiences were comparatively less pleasant. I correctly remembered that I had to pay something, but apparently what I paid for was not to have the article published, but to make a correction to the results section after the page proofs were sent to me, and this apparently is a standard practice in journal publications. I did not know that. Also, I did pay for reprints, but honestly, I don't remember at all whether at that time I was aware of the fact that that was voluntary. It was before articles were more widely available online and I might have thought it good to get some reprints. So yes, I did pay for some things, but I could have omitted those payments had I chosen to. So that is where the memory was wrong and I therefore incorrectly reported that I had to pay to publish. Psych Record is a very nice place to publish and the *whole point* of my initial email was to make the point that how can a journal that has such high standards be less than a top place to publish. I'm not sure what makes a top tier journal, but I think the criteria should be more strongly based on factors such as quality of peer review and subsequent quality of the articles that. The editor of Psych Record contacted me backchannel and went to the trouble to contact the past editor and financial person to look up my publication records to clarify what it was that I did pay for. Although I appreciate the current editor's efforts to correct my memory, I wish her tone had been a bit more friendly. Annette Annette Kujawski Taylor, Ph.D. Professor of Psychology University of San Diego 5998 Alcala Park San Diego, CA 92110 619-260-4006 [email protected] --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([email protected])
