Category Archives: open issues

"Open Access" at libertas academica

Posted on July 15, 2007 by pm286

As I have mentioned a group of Blue Obelisk volunteers are surveying the practice of “open access” in chemistry. We’ve created a wiki and will be exposing the work as we do it – url follows when we have tidied … Continue reading →

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Open Data genetics and Open Data astronomy

Posted on July 14, 2007 by pm286

The world is exploding with Open Data posts… From the Data Strategy blog: Open data astronomy I started writing this post on open data astronomy some time ago, and damn… I got scooped by Read/WriteWeb today with their article on … Continue reading →

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Survey of "free to read" Chemistry in Wiley Publications

Posted on July 13, 2007 by pm286

The Blue Obelisk community is undertaking a survey of access to chemical Open Data through Open Access, Fuzzy Open Access, and closed Access publications. Today I looked at Wiley’s offering. (Note although Blackwell and Wiley are now one company I … Continue reading →

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Thanks to Journal Info

Posted on July 13, 2007 by pm286

I have just discovered Journal Info from the University of Lund which lists ca 18,000 journals. From the FAQ: Real Answers to real questions about Journal Info. What is the purpose of the service? The purpose is to provide an … Continue reading →

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US citizens: please lobby for House vote on OA mandate next Tuesday

Posted on July 13, 2007 by pm286

Peter Suber blogs: House vote on OA mandate next Tuesday  (Open Access News) Yesterday when I posted the good news that the House Appropriations Committee had approved an OA mandate for the NIH, I didn’t have the exact language of … Continue reading →

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Heather shows that Open Data increases Citations

Posted on July 13, 2007 by pm286

If your life is driven by citations, then Heather Piwowar has shown that data openly accessible in papers increases the citations. From her blog: Presentation on Citation Rate for Shared Data Piwowar HA, Day RS, Fridsma DB (2007) Sharing Detailed … Continue reading →

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Do authors want to give publishers a monopoly over their data?

Posted on July 12, 2007 by pm286

In response to my post Why doesn’t Springer use a CC licence? and Bill Hooker’s reply Egon Willighagen writes: Egon Says: Bill, regarding [1]… I think the following plays a role here. Say the make it CC-BY, and someone extracts … Continue reading →

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"Open Access" – Elsevier, Wiley, RSC

Posted on July 12, 2007 by pm286

xx My survey of “open access” in chemistry publishers is part of a larger project which will be revealed shortly. I had not planned to look at closed access publishers but thought it was worth checking what they offered and … Continue reading →

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Why doesn't Springer use a CC licence?

Posted on July 11, 2007 by pm286

In a reply to a post of mine, Jan Velterop of Springer writes, and I comment, I hope, constructively. Jan Velterop Says: July 11th, 2007 at 10:29 am eDear Peter (and Bill), [Bill Hooker] JV: The wish to improve findability … Continue reading →

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Blackwell also fails to deliver Open Access

Posted on July 11, 2007 by pm286

[To verify my assertions in this you will have to be on a machine that does not have institutional access to Blackwell publications. I am doing this from home] I am a crystallographer and proud of it. We work very … Continue reading →

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