Comments on: Who is the Steve Jobs of #scholarlypub? Whence comes the needed disruption?

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[...] Who is the Steve Jobs of #scholarlypub? Whence comes the needed disruption? [...]

By: James

James — Wed, 20 Jun 2012 19:11:20 +0000

As already mentioned, PeerJ looks very interesting. Since they haven’t launched yet it is not possible to evaluate their implementation. Preprint servers like ArXiv make a good minimal basis for scientific publishing and communication. A subscription-based journal or Web Application that helped to highlight the best articles from a free preprint server might be a viable business model.

By: Chris Rusbridge

Chris Rusbridge — Wed, 20 Jun 2012 12:15:57 +0000

I’d suggest Michael Eisen, but Jan Velterop might have a case…

By: Nick Barnes

Nick Barnes — Wed, 20 Jun 2012 11:32:20 +0000

“Thefore something will break – catastrophically.”

Quite. As Stein’s Law has it: “If something cannot go on forever, it will stop.”

By: pm286

pm286 — Wed, 20 Jun 2012 11:13:43 +0000

Thanks for the suggestion.
Keep the suggestions coming!

By: Wouter

Wouter — Wed, 20 Jun 2012 09:19:22 +0000

PeerJ/Peter Binfield?