tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7785493.post2935759875686345441..comments2024-01-04T04:11:55.717+02:00Comments on Dienekes’ Anthropology Blog: Preprint revolution in biologyDienekeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02082684850093948970noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7785493.post-65681513014693547582016-03-22T10:34:16.464+02:002016-03-22T10:34:16.464+02:00sykes,
Publishing in open formats does not normal...<i>sykes,</i><br /><br />Publishing in open formats does not normally preclude from publishing in traditional papers, later on, and some open publications are still peer-reviewed. Also, a paper in a locked peer-reviewed periodical has pretty much the same if not higher chance of being flawed as that in an open publication (which is either also peer-reviewed, or encourages a follow-up submission into a peer-reviewed format).<br /><br />Finally, as I alluded to, even established scientists are at the mercy of this currently dubious and shady system because their livelihood (grant money) depends on it.eurologisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03440019181278830033noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7785493.post-57053175301154613302016-03-18T12:12:29.738+02:002016-03-18T12:12:29.738+02:00I have done the same thing in my field, a decade a...I have done the same thing in my field, a decade ago. When I then cited that "paper" (which by then had also been published in a traditional <i>paper</i> journal) in a proposal, a reviewer declined funding because said paper was "unavailable for review."<br /><br />That strong is the prejudice against open and online publishing, and the fear it may expose outright wrong practices by some old-school scientists.eurologisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03440019181278830033noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7785493.post-63996785920027403852016-03-16T14:05:55.042+02:002016-03-16T14:05:55.042+02:00This discussion of open publication vs. refereed j...This discussion of open publication vs. refereed journal publication misses an important point. Publication is refereed journals is necessary for promotion and tenure, because P&T committees use it as a quality indicator. In fact, science and engineering are so fragmented today that a majority of the people on P&T committees are usually not qualified to judge the quality of a candidates' work. The peer reviewing process at the journals assigns people knowledgeable in the researcherss fields to evaluate their manuscripts, so the committees use of refereed journal publications makes eminent sense.<br /><br />Note that the people publishing in bioRxiv are all very senior people who are no longer subjected to the P&T process.sykes.1https://www.blogger.com/profile/10954672321945289871noreply@blogger.com