[Terrapreta] For Adriana: Open Source Pubs was Government funding for Aust TP trials.

[Allan Balliett]

>This has been a past discussion topic of this group. Access to 
>information does seem to be an issue if you have no university 
>affiliation. I don't know how you expect me to respond?
>
>I am subject to the current framework of scientific journal 
>publications as is the rest of the scientific community. To maintain 
>a scientific standard I don't see how this peer review process as 
>slow as it may be will be transformed in the near future. Once you 
>publish with a journal they bear the costs of the process, so is it 
>unreasonable for them to charge? If there is a credible journal that 
>makes articles available I will certainly look at publishing with 
>them.
>
>Adriana.

http://journals.plos.org

There is a reaction to the closing of scientific communication. For 
biology, the best nswer is PLOS biology, which is gaining status. 
PLEASE publish there in the future! -Allan Balliett


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