On 6 July 2011 20:58, Alec Conroy <alecmconroy(a)gmail.com> wrote:
We need a Wikijournal project, where scientists can do
all the
functions of a journal without any prior approval-- collectively form
groups, review, and publish.
Free content is going to capture science eventually-- scientists want
open content too badly for the research journal monopoly to last
forever. The only question is-- how can WM help ignite this
revolution waiting to happen? If we're really lucky, can we ourselves
be the home to the successor of the for-profit journal system.
Academic peer-review is a rather un-wiki process. Possibly a first
step is encouraging arXiv-like preprint archives for other fields -
arXiv has become pretty much *the* first place to stake out your
credit in physics.
- d.