[Gllug] Open Access publishing

Richard Jones rich at annexia.org
Sat Nov 4 11:17:36 UTC 2006


On Sat, Nov 04, 2006 at 11:09:37AM +0000, Richard Jones wrote:
> [...] although nothing (not even academic peer review) will solve
> inherent biases of the people involved in the system.

I kind of left this statement hanging, but what I meant to say here is
brilliantly summed up in a book called "The Golem: What You Should
Know About Science" by Collins & Pinch [1] which everyone who is
casually interested in peer review should read.

Rich.

[1] http://www.amazon.co.uk/Golem-Should-About-Science-Canto/dp/0521645506/sr=1-8/qid=1162638899/ref=sr_1_8/026-2624156-0270850?ie=UTF8&s=books

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