Re: Dramatic Growth of Open Access - March 31, 2009

[Greg Tananbaum <gtananbaum@gmail.com>]

Further to Bill Hughes' trenchant observations, I'd add that the 
reduction in cost and effort it takes to start a journal is not 
all to the good.  It encourages vanity publications, half-hearted 
endeavors, and other projects that are likely to add clutter 
rather than clarity to the scholarly communication picture.

Best, Greg

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