Science journal to put research on-line

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Mon Oct-20-03 05:51 PM
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Science journal to put research on-line

A new on-line journal wants to radically alter the exchange of scientific information by making vital research available for free to anyone who logs on the Internet.

If the Public Library of Science's on-line journal succeeds, it could break the stranglehold that expensive, subscription-only journals have on the publication of many scientific breakthroughs.

The idea was dismissed as idealistic and unrealistic by many in the scientific and publishing communities when the San Francisco-based organization announced its plans for the journal over the summer.

Those critics are now thinking twice. In its first issue this week, the peer-reviewed publication featured a stunning study that forced the world to take notice.

http://theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20031020.gtresearchoct20/BNStory/Technology/

The Bush Crime Family's Homeland Hitler Security will put a death to this idea!

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Waistdeep

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Tue Oct-21-03 09:08 PM
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1. Link here

Edited on Tue Oct-21-03 09:18 PM by Waistdeep

PLoS Biology

On edit: the first issue had the "brain-machine interface" article that was in the news last week

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GAspnes

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Thu Oct-23-03 10:32 AM
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2. I think this is a great idea. A few other people think so too.

* New Online Journal Stuns In Debut

San Diego Union Tribune, October 16, 2003. A new free online
scientific journal was initially treated with skepticism but
now critics are thinking twice. The first issue of the new
publication features a paper on monkeys who have been
trained to control a robot arm via brain implants. The new
journal is distributed freely, but scientists are charged to
publish papers. "By Monday morning, the Duke paper was
rendered inaccessible by a crush of traffic from interested
readers that crashed the Public Library's servers. The site
received 500,000 hits in the hours immediately after the
paper was posted and some 80,000 downloads occurred,
prompted by worldwide media coverage. "

http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/computing/20031016-1421-openaccessscience.html

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