27-March-2008, 02:04 PM
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Location: Bowie, MD
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Originally Posted by djellison
Personally, I think the entire system of publishing papers, embargos etc (especially with the hideously over zealous Science magazine) is rotten to the core. I don't know how it should work, but these things should be free to all. Thankfully, at least one effort is being made in that regard ( http://marsjournal.org/) but more should follow.
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if they were free for all, there would be an awful lot less published! There's a reason publishers go into business....
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