On Sun, Jun 26, 2011 at 10:45 PM, David Richfield
<davidrichfield(a)gmail.com> wrote:
The system of charging readers for distribution of
scientific information is
fundamentally flawed. Wikipedia demonstrates that it is cheap to host data.
Reviewers don't get paid. Companies pay plenty to advertise in journals. Why
do I have to pay $50 to read someone's research?
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.