I don't think there are any real obstacles, just a matter of researchers getting organized -- as it sounds from Fred's post that particle physicists have already done -- and also for academics to arrange to receive credit from their employers for service to the profession for the effort they may put into the editing and reviewing that will be needed. --Dan P.S. My preference would be for the arXiv to offer *optional* peer-editing / reviewing instead of its being mandatory. Gene wrote: << There is no longer any need for a journal to have a printing press, and the only useful feature they provide is peer-editing and review. Can someone in the academic community answer this: What are the obstacles that prevent authors from bypassing these price-gouging journals and publishing electronically, with peer review?

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