That is a significant and incredibly poorly defended assertion that you&#x27;re making there, sir.<p>Given that there are dozens if not hundreds (possibly thousands) of open journals, many of which are heavily digitally based, well tied with distributed storage, and willing to work with any significant publication – the claim that &quot;this plan would likely require significant amounts of additional funding&quot; doesn&#x27;t even pass the first smell test.<p>You don&#x27;t just get to assert things without support. That&#x27;s not only not good science, it&#x27;s terrible argumentation.