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RE: A big DEAL for science – changing the game in scientific publishing
That sounds great, thank you for mentioning Scoap3. I knew about arXiv, but the other was unknown to me. Physicists were more advanced in that regard for a long time, it is astounding how different the world works depending on which field you are working in. I maybe should have clarified in the article that this is a particular problem in the life sciences, maybe I will edit it in later. Thanks again for your comment!
Well, they did invent the internet! So it kinda makes sense they're a step ahead on this.
Not the internet, but the world wide web :)
Po-tay-to, po-tah-to! :P
To-may-to, to-mah-to? Tomtato? :)
Maybe is it related to the fact that the community is smaller and that there is not big industry behind?
Where do you publish your papers? Are you evaluated through publications?
I am partly evaluated through my publications. Teaching, administration, etc..., everything counts. I usually publish in JHEP (open access), EPJC (open access), PLB (open access), and more rarely in PRD (soon open access).
All my publications are in addition available for free on the arxiv.
Maybe it is the lesser focus on papers. If the other things are taken into account and are responsible for a good share of your evaluation, the paper problem is not so pressing. In biology, only high impact factor papers get you jobs and money, thus creating a lot tension in the publishing field. And of course, somthing like that quickly gets monetized...