[Gllug] Open Access publishing

[Richard Jones]

On Sat, Nov 04, 2006 at 11:18:45AM +0100, Chris Bell wrote:
> On Sat 04 Nov, John Hearns wrote:
> > Might be interesting to a lot of people on this list.
> > > I recall about ten years ago (gulp!) working at Guys Hospital. As a 
> > computer/network type I was invited to some meeting re. network and 
> > Internet access. I spoke up and said that one day all medical journal 
> > articles would be available on the Internet for their medical students.
> > Distinguished Professor type laughs at me and browbeats me, saying that 
> > the academic journals would never allow it.
> > <FX - me having last laugh >
> > 
> 
>    One problem with any author-funded system is ensuring validity and
> verification, especially on the internet where there is no apparent limit on
> what can be presented. The average reader may not know whether a source that
> appears authoritative is genuine; there are many dubious "colleges"
> operating around the world. The reader-paid system was always promoted for
> its inherent peer review, and the journals worked for their reputations.

Reputation systems can solve this problem, although nothing (not even
academic peer review) will solve inherent biases of the people
involved in the system.

Rich.

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