Rachael you are right (mores the pity!), nor are reviewers paid (again more the pity- I've reviewed for Pediatrics several times and the cheque is not in the mail), and often not editors either (knowing well a few hard working ones). The same usually goes for book chapters- having just spent a month writing one, I can expect a free copy of the book in payment. 
BTW welcome to Lactnet Sarah it's really great to see you here!
Karleen Gribble
Australia

> Sarah, I don't believe it is customary for authors of journal articles to
> be paid on publication. Their income is only indirectly tied to
> publication, because if they never get anything published, their funding
> dries up. But whatever the journal charges for access to full text of
> articles, none of it goes into the authors' pockets.

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