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Couldn’t a widely read Open Access Journal pay its referees for timely reports with advertising revenues? (Yes, I’m back to thinking about this issue again.) Imagine you’re an editor and you manage to get your open access journal into the top tier. Suppose you get 500 submissions a year that you deem are worth having [...]
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A reputable physics journal withdrew an offer to publish an article because the scientists posted some of their findings online. This is yet another reason to push open-access.
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I’ve been ranting about Open Access Journals - Here and Here. I just found out about a discussion on Leiter’s Blog from a couple of years ago called “Time For An End to For Profit Journals,” - [HT: Philosophy, et cetera] Also, there are three recent posts out there in the blogosphere on this issue. [...]
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In a previous post, I argued that philosophy should push toward publishing in Open Access Journals. Here’s a list of things I think we need to start doing to realize that shift. Some of these will seem quite obvious, but we might as well have the list anyway. 1. Everyone Start Submitting to Open Access [...]
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UPDATE [3/9/2007] - How To Make the Move To Open Access JournalsUPDATE [3/8/2007] - I just thought of Pro #12 this morning. See below.UPDATE [3/8/2007] - I just thought of Pro #13 this afternoon. See below.UPDATE [3/8/2007] - I’m also addressing - Con #6. See below.In a previous post, I claimed that philosophy journals should [...]
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Editing and refereeing for journals is a thank-less job that you don’t get paid for. Editors and referees do this out of the goodness of their heart. So it’s weird to have a publishing company make money off of this labor. At one time they could justify the charge because they were the only way [...]
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