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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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…the April 2008 edition of Analysis just posted to my RSS feed. Here’s the Blackwell Link. Here’s the Link for those of you with Ingenta Connect. This edition looks like it is simply loaded with good stuff. Also, I just noticed that the January 2008 edition of Analysis is available for FREE at Blackwell.

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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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Jon Cogburn has been on a roll with some interesting posts discussing the ethics of blind review. Here is his most recent installment. He argues that blind reviewers ought to take what he calls The Good Samaritan approach to reviewing (as opposed to the Professor Angrypants or Joe Friday approach). What are those approaches? Read [...]

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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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Jon Cogburn has an interesting post on the blind review process for philosophy journals here. He also gives us a promissory note to post more on this issue. UPDATE: Here’s the promissory note.

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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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I’ve heard quite a few journal horror stories from professional philosophers over the past few years. Also, in a recent post, I noted that there have been quite a few discussion threads that highlight major issues concerning peer reviewed philosophy journals. I’m going to start tracking these discussion threads. Whenever I find a new discussion [...]

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There is an interesting discussion over at PEA Soup about when (if at all) to request a re-read. The discussion thread leads to an interesting discussion of a more general problem concerning the blind referee process. There have been quite a few posts in the blogosphere highlighting problems with the peer review process in philosophy [...]

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