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http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2012/01/testify-the-open-science-movement-catches-fire/
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For years, the open science movement has sought to light a fire about the “closed†journal-publication system. In the last few weeks their efforts seemed to have ignited a broader flame, driven mainly, it seems, by the revelation that one of the most resented publishers, Elsevier, was backing the Research Works Act — some tomfoolery I noted in Congress Considers Paywalling Science You Already Paid For, on Jan 6. Now, 24 days later, scientists are pledging by the hundreds to not cooperate with Elsevier in any way — refusing to publish in its journals, referee its papers, or do the editorial work that researchers have been supplying to journals without charge for decades — and the rebellion is repeatedly reaching the pages of the New York Times and Forbes.
Hard to believe that journal publishers manage to eke out a profit from research paid for by the public while being written and edited by researchers.
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Eager_Igraine posted:
Hard to believe that journal publishers manage to eke out a profit from research paid for by the public while being written and edited by researchers.
I'm not sure why you find that hard to believe 
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We supply some services for free, like writing and reviewing articles, but we get paid for editing journals. 
The biggest issue for the open-science movement has been getting readership, mainly do to quality issues with what is being published. The concept is wonderful, but the implementation is questionable. I wouldn't publish through an open-source and have my research go unnoticed when I could have it published in a top journal where it will be widely seen.
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Should science be more about knowledge or credit?
I think part of the reason open science has floundered is because everyone wants to be the guy who discovered this or that.
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Allstarslacker posted:
Should science be more about knowledge or credit?
I think part of the reason open science has floundered is because everyone wants to be the guy who discovered this or that.
I don't know much about it, but from the blog it seems to be more about researchers wanting publications that are publicly funded and reviewed also be available to the public for free (or as already paid for by the public) rather than used as a vehicle for profit by publishers who don't meaningfully contribute to the process.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_science_data
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lol now this is oddly coincidental 
Open science? lol. will never happen.
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Coriolus posted:
lol now this is oddly coincidental
Open science? lol. will never happen.
If you're thinking "Open Science" means "believing in aliens without substantial evidence" then you're probably right...it'll never happen.
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IS THIS THREAD ABOUT SKONK?
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