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  #1 Jamie F on 09 Oct 14

   

  In the discussion of the Shockey & Eisen video in week 6 I mentioned a not-for-profit publishing model in which scientists band together to create a peer review journal that does not operate like current for-profit ones. I am glad to have found one in operation at http://www.plos.org/. Check it out. I don't know much about it yet other than the fact that it came out of a movement to stop the current model. According to wikipedia, in 2001 there was a petition for scientists to stop submitting their work to for-profit journals. While it went largely ignored, PLOS came to life as a result. http://www.plos.org/

   

  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">In the discussion of the Shockey & Eisen video in week 6 I mentioned a not-for-profit publishing model in which scientists band together to create a peer review journal that does not operate like current for-profit ones. I am glad to have found one in operation at <a href="http://www.plos.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.plos.org/</a>. Check it out. I don't know much about it yet other than the fact that it came out of a movement to stop the current model. According to wikipedia, in 2001 there was a petition for scientists to stop submitting their work to for-profit journals. While it went largely ignored, PLOS came to life as a result. <a href="http://www.plos.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.plos.org/</a></div>

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