Re:Who listens to scientists? Mostly just other scientists.
by maaku on Tuesday June 21, 2011 @07:06PM
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That may apply where you work, but it is not universal. I work at NASA and almost all the papers we generate are (regrettably) published behind paywalls. And the consequences are far worse than having to fork over a few (thousands of) dollars to read them--our scientists are contractually bound NOT to discuss their research during the blackout period prior to publication. It's stifling to research and the community.
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Re:Who listens to scientists? Mostly just other scientists.
by lutorm on Tuesday June 21, 2011 @09:21PM
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Out of curiosity, which journals are these? The NASA scientists I know of that work in astrophysics seem to publish in the normal journals and put their papers on arXiv like everyone else.
Re:Who listens to scientists? Mostly just other scientists.
by crocowhile on Wednesday June 22, 2011 @02:30AM
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The blackout period should be what we call "embargo" and it is a requirement of the publisher; as for the rest: I thought hard sciences had solved the OA problem long time ago with the adoption of arxiv. Why don't you use arxiv?