> The journal, to me, does not seem to be much trustworthy:
I can't agree. If you keep reading the Wikipedia article, you'll note: In January 2016, all content became freely accessible to the public.
It was previously edited by Magdalena Skipper, who has an impeccable track record and who is now the editor-in-chief of Nature. It has an impact factor of 12.
> In January 2016, all content became freely accessible to the public.
What does that change? It seems it earns by taking $5,200 for "processing charges" from every submitter and additionally seems not to be specialized for some specific discipline. But maybe taking these charges is actually seen as a way forward for the publishers.
It's the most expensive of the Nature Research open access journals:
Still, it is still somewhat unclear to me why would a serious cosmologist publish there, or, to be more precise I have had an impression it's not common for them to publish there, the journal being very general.
I think I see the confusion. Correct me if I'm wrong.
I think you interpreted the description of the journal to mean that the journal would let anyone publish, if they would pay a $5,200 fee.
Instead, the journal is an open-access journal, meaning that anyone can read the articles without paying a fee. They offset their costs by charging the authors a publication fee if their work is accepted by the editor after peer review. I'm not saying that I like this business model, but it's fairly standard.
As an aside, by your own math this journal is in the top 2% of all publications. Plenty of people across disciplines would be very happy to publish in this journal.
> It seems it earns by taking $5,200 for "processing charges" from every submitter
No, only published articles.
> Still, it is still somewhat unclear to me why would a serious cosmologist publish there
It's an extremely well known, high 'ranking' journal if you go by IF as your figures show. There aren't many higher they could have published in, and they're extremely competitive.
I can't agree. If you keep reading the Wikipedia article, you'll note: In January 2016, all content became freely accessible to the public.
It was previously edited by Magdalena Skipper, who has an impeccable track record and who is now the editor-in-chief of Nature. It has an impact factor of 12.