that's a bad idea--it will destroy the financial base of thousands of
journals and throw the whole science community into turmoil for years
as the main quality control system --peer review--is destroyed.
The alternative of direct government subsidy of journals is even more
dangerous, as it will give politicians control over what gets published.
Richard Jensen
At 11:19 PM 5/20/2012, you wrote:
(apologies for cross-posting)
A petition you should care about: require free access over the
Internet to journal articles arising from taxpayer-funded research.
http://access2research.org/
http://wh.gov/6TH
25,000 signatures in 30 days (by June 19) gets an official response
from the White House.
Dario
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