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Author-pays vs. reader-pays model
Author-pays (common in open access, via APC) shifts cost to the author. Reader-pays (traditional subscription) shifts cost to the reader or their institution, the two fundamentally different economic models underlying most journal publishing.
In context
You'll usually need this when explaining which economic model, author-pays or reader-pays, underlies a specific journal.