Open Journals
Posted: June 19 2005
I am starting a new topic to discuss the specifc idea of arxiv-based open access peer-reviewed Open Journals. See the demo website
http://www.arxivjournal.org/
for a summary of a summary of key points in the original topic.
I think this at least deserves careful consideration. In particular:
* Are people happy with published papers being entirely author-typeset, or should funding be applied for to have this done more conventionally?
* Who would be best to run the project (arxiv? academics themselves (e.g. us)? another organization like PLOS?)
* How many prestigious people are in favour and would be prepared to put their name on an advisory panel?
* Should editors of conventional journals be persuaded to move to new journals running under the new model?
* Are there other non-arxiv eprint servers that could use such a system?
The only preprint archive I can find in chemisty seems to have closed. The medical/bio sites seem to be entirely from published journals, not author-submitted preprints (and already have quite well developed open access publications).
Incidentally PLOS may be open access, but standard author charges are $1500. The Open Journal model is still quite different!
http://www.arxivjournal.org/
for a summary of a summary of key points in the original topic.
I think this at least deserves careful consideration. In particular:
* Are people happy with published papers being entirely author-typeset, or should funding be applied for to have this done more conventionally?
* Who would be best to run the project (arxiv? academics themselves (e.g. us)? another organization like PLOS?)
* How many prestigious people are in favour and would be prepared to put their name on an advisory panel?
* Should editors of conventional journals be persuaded to move to new journals running under the new model?
* Are there other non-arxiv eprint servers that could use such a system?
The only preprint archive I can find in chemisty seems to have closed. The medical/bio sites seem to be entirely from published journals, not author-submitted preprints (and already have quite well developed open access publications).
Incidentally PLOS may be open access, but standard author charges are $1500. The Open Journal model is still quite different!