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The so-called "sting" by Science on Open Access journals has brought a lot of criticism, some of this is here, and here. For me the best has been Micheal Eisen's post, which uses satire to show that Science was well wide of the mark. As the discussion dies down on the subject, I have had...
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In Science appeared the article Who's afraid of peer-review? by John Bohannon. There were many reactions already to this article, I'll add mine. I shall politely pretend that the article is not a piece of propaganda against OA. (Remark, ironically, that in order to enhance it's dissemination Science did not hide it behind a paywall.)...
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or the day after the sting I got the embargoed copy of Science Magazine article on peer review in Open Access earlier this week, which gave me a chance to read it with tranquility. I have to say I really liked it. It was a cool sting, and it exposed many of the flaws in...
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EAS Publications Series, Diffusion of papers of general interest in astronomy: proceedings of conferences, monographs...
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