No, they are not.
Authors do not get paid anything for publishing in a journal. Nothing.
The only thing they get is the reputation for publishing in a big journal. Maybe they get tenure, more grants because of that.
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Authors do not get paid anything for publishing in a journal. Nothing.
The only thing they get is the reputation for publishing in a big journal. Maybe they get tenure, more grants because of that.