From: Fred lunnon <fred.lunnon@gmail.com>
To: Dan Asimov <dasimov@earthlink.net>; math-fun <math-fun@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Friday, March 16, 2012 2:16 PM Subject: Re: [math-fun] OT: Elsevier
On 3/16/12, Dan Asimov <dasimov@earthlink.net> wrote:
... It's only a matter of years before some form of reliable and virtually free peer-editing and reviewing is applied to those arXiv articles whose authors opt for it.
I understand that in arXiv sections concerned with particle physics, submissions are already subjected to some kind of referee process. A couple of years ago there were objections raised to its introduction by a bunch of physicists who felt discriminated against, and a rival called viXra set up in competition.
WFL
There is no longer any need for a journal to have a printing press, and the only useful feature they provide is peer-editing and review. Can someone in the academic community answer this: What are the obstacles that prevent authors from bypassing these price-gouging journals and publishing electronically, with peer review? -- Gene