Free/Open-Access Academic Journals Growing

An anonymous reader writes "Wired News reports on the growing number of free/open-access academic journals. The Directory of Open Access Journals lists 1527 journals. The Public Library of Science (PLoS) is launching three new open-access journals this year: PLoS Computational Biology, PLoS Genetics and PLoS Pathogens. The National Institutes of Health's (NIH) Public Access Policy is also part of the movement. The traditional academic journals aren't happy, saying that it's unethical to accept money for publishing. But the traditional journals face their own ethical dilemmas by accepting money from advertisers."

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[robogun]

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Re:Test them for vetted submissions

[datafr0g]

I wonder how Prof. Brent's program would deal with these!

Re:Isn't that what research is for?-War.

[aichpvee]

War is what happens when too many people have reached the level cap and have all the good gear. That's when they start attacking everything in sight for loot.

Re:It's about time. But why the huge author costs?

[ninjaz]

So the cost of content and the cost of reviewing the content is close to zero. But some journals cost individuals and especially the institutions a large amount of money. In this day of electronic typesetting and distribution, does it make any sense?

They have people skills. They are good at dealing with people. Can't you understand that?? WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH YOU PEOPLE!?

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[NegativeOneUserID]

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