[chaxor]

Ah. So,

If you send a check to the editor and say "for the journal": you call it a publishing fee.

If you send a check to the editor and say "for you to give to the journal": you call it a bribe.

Like that?

[rahimnathwani]

No.

Check made out to the publisher of the journal -> publishing fee.

Check made out to the editor -> bribe.