[Irtalk] Can we amend the laws of scholarly publication? | Reciprocal Space

[Hilton Gibson]

*The use of open access pre-print servers should be encouraged.* These act
as repositories for manuscripts that have yet to be submitted to a journal
for peer review and have the potential to short-circuit the delays in
publication caused by the chase for journal impact factors.

http://occamstypewriter.org/scurry/2015/04/29/amend-laws-scholarly-publication/
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