tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9163501679982013672.post5431907515272222110..comments2024-03-28T16:01:34.909+11:00Comments on Cosmic Horizons: Open-access science: be careful what you wish forCusphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12515740423567038683noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9163501679982013672.post-86179140513118060902012-10-10T19:06:48.013+11:002012-10-10T19:06:48.013+11:00This only works because almost all papers on arXiv...This only works because almost all papers on arXiv and so on are actually submitted to real journals. Take that away, and arXiv would have much lower quality.<br /><br />There is a huge discussion on this at <a href="http://telescoper.wordpress.com/" rel="nofollow">Peter Coles's blog</a> .Phillip Helbighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12067585245603436809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9163501679982013672.post-49765553357193356302012-10-10T19:05:22.350+11:002012-10-10T19:05:22.350+11:00This comment has been removed by the author.Phillip Helbighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12067585245603436809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9163501679982013672.post-37092718247341637972012-10-09T07:29:10.981+11:002012-10-09T07:29:10.981+11:00I agree, but there is a catch 22 - papers must hav...I agree, but there is a catch 22 - papers must have impact, and impact is measured but citations, and you are more likely to get citations (statistically) in a higher impact-factor journal. This is only get more important as governments will measure impact to justify the allocation of public funds. <br /><br />We have to completely change the way we think of publishing and assessing impact, and this is going to cost.Cusphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12515740423567038683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9163501679982013672.post-27890106126119521372012-10-09T05:05:03.759+11:002012-10-09T05:05:03.759+11:00I still don't understand why we need *any* jou...I still don't understand why we need *any* journals. I hardly ever use actual journals to read papers. The authors put them online themselves and then I download it. This hardly costs anything.<br /><br />Surely there's a way to have peers assess each other's work without the need to waste resources on "journals" that aren't needed.Brendon J. Brewerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07525792446604687041noreply@blogger.com