Are paywalled, subscription access journals financially sustainable?

(A question no-one seems to ask enough...)

I've just seen that a paywalled, subscription access chemistry journal called 'Heterocycles' has gone kaput.

https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/a-key-chemistry-journal-disappeared-from-the-web-others-are-at-risk/4019265.article

All those folx asking questions about open access journals might want to ask the same questions about paywalled, subscription journals too - that's all I'm saying!

#OpenAccess #CritiqueBias #FinancialSustainability

A key chemistry journal disappeared from the web. Others are at risk

Japanese scientific society suspends journal publication saying it has 'completed its role'

Chemistry World