tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19798349.post3872457557081597041..comments2024-03-22T12:20:48.920+00:00Comments on open...: Another Reason for Open AccessGlyn Moodyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04436885795882611585noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19798349.post-80104470648868616312009-08-27T11:24:42.225+00:002009-08-27T11:24:42.225+00:00@gu: once a pedantic journo, always a pedantic jou...@gu: once a pedantic journo, always a pedantic journoGlyn Moodyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04436885795882611585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19798349.post-7634091669653967132009-08-27T10:39:09.494+00:002009-08-27T10:39:09.494+00:00Glyn --- can you not edit your comments on your ow...Glyn --- can you not edit your comments on your own blog to fix your (very rare, first one I've ever seen) typos? I'm sure your readers will waive their standards of openness for this. ;-)guynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19798349.post-29919335481201789772009-08-27T06:58:55.357+00:002009-08-27T06:58:55.357+00:00Sorry, "their" not "there"Sorry, "their" not "there"Glyn Moodyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04436885795882611585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19798349.post-14319556993317911122009-08-27T06:58:39.853+00:002009-08-27T06:58:39.853+00:00I imagine there case would be considered synmpathe...I imagine there case would be considered synmpathetically - depends whether they are billionaires or not...Glyn Moodyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04436885795882611585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19798349.post-64573292440468205602009-08-27T04:50:52.769+00:002009-08-27T04:50:52.769+00:00What about articles from those without an educatio...What about articles from those without an education ratified by an educational establishment. Those strange people who teach themselves and might have ideas that don't occur to those who are properly schooled? Do they have to pay?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19798349.post-68660844751468901552009-08-26T21:30:45.641+00:002009-08-26T21:30:45.641+00:00No, because almost all (maybe all?) open access ti...No, because almost all (maybe all?) open access titles waive fees for scientists from developing countries, or from institutions that don't have big budgets. Otherwise you're right, it would be a big problem.Glyn Moodyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04436885795882611585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19798349.post-37925063816139372662009-08-26T20:33:29.958+00:002009-08-26T20:33:29.958+00:00I have some concerns about paying to publish model...I have some concerns about paying to publish models, however. Will that ensure that only people from rich institutions will be able to publish? Not that there isn't a lot wrong with the current model, but I am not sure that's the right solution either.Annnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19798349.post-37074046415961922152009-08-26T18:53:11.728+00:002009-08-26T18:53:11.728+00:00Yes, it's totally insane. I like the idea of ...Yes, it's totally insane. I like the idea of "unpublishing"....Glyn Moodyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04436885795882611585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19798349.post-6246216358152905242009-08-26T18:42:21.350+00:002009-08-26T18:42:21.350+00:00I read the following invitation recently:
Paper S...I read the following invitation recently:<br /><br /><i>Paper Submission<br />Authors are invited to submit an electronic version of original, unpublished manuscripts, not to exceed 8 double-columned, single-spaced pages, to web site http://acnlab.csie.ncu.edu.tw/P2PNVE2009/submission. </i><br /><br />'unpublished'?<br /><br />Well, that rules me out. I won't bother submitting these then:<br /><a href="http://bit.ly/casies" rel="nofollow">Consensus: A Scalable Interactive Entertainment System</a><br /><a href="http://bit.ly/sfsie" rel="nofollow">Strategies for Scaling Interactive Entertainment</a><br /><br />In the world of academic conferences it is more important to continually re-invent the wheel than to develop the pneumatic tyre.<br /><br />Another example of how crazy things are is that Jacob Tummon had to go to extreme lengths to unpublish a paper of his in order that it could appear in some obscure journal never to be seen again...<br /><br /><a href="http://www.digitalproductions.co.uk/index.php?id=56" rel="nofollow">Infringing Promotion</a>.Crosbie Fitchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06554471152790988479noreply@blogger.com