[kictanet] Open Access Publications

[Tony White]

This 'Journal Publishing' thing is a massive scam! - if you are a
research scientist, you have to agree with their terms in order to get
published in a 'respectable' journal!

Kudos to Gates Foundation for taking a stand!

All knowledge should be freely accessible!

Cheers,
Tony


On 16/01/2017, Collins Areba via kictanet <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
> I think it's all about the pay wall.  An easier way for the publishers
> might be to just publish the content under the desired license guidelines
> while retaining the rest of their staff within the walled garden.
>
> Which is terrible because most of that research relies on freely available
> information.
>
> On 16 Jan 2017 06:39, "Martin Gicheru via kictanet" <
> kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
>
>> Interesting choice of news source. Onto the topic, I wonder, do they
>> limit
>> the number of publications they can publish on, thus meaning if they
>> limit
>> themselves to some that don't have open access they'd disadvantage
>> themselves?
>>
>> Regards,
>> Martin Gicheru
>>
>> On 15 Jan 2017 22:30, "Phares Kariuki via kictanet" <
>> kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
>>
>> http://www.nature.com/news/gates-foundation-research-can-t-
>> be-published-in-top-journals-1.21299
>>
>> Interesting development
>>
>> --
>> Phares
>>
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Tony White