On 6 July 2011 20:58, Alec Conroy alecmconroy@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.