tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post7369614374802795973..comments2024-03-19T03:14:04.172-04:00Comments on Rabett Run: Occupy ElsevierEliRabetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07957002964638398767noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-48562254453552003772012-02-03T04:22:05.802-05:002012-02-03T04:22:05.802-05:00Dr. Mike Taylor, research associate at the Departm...Dr. Mike Taylor, research associate at the Department of Earth Sciences, University of Bristol, explains why the push to boycott Elsevier is not a request for Elsevier to stop beating their wife, <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/discussion/comment-permalink/14469061" rel="nofollow">but more a Dear John letter.</a>J Bowersnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-53710012602992144322012-01-29T07:34:45.029-05:002012-01-29T07:34:45.029-05:00Elsevier published 6 fake journals (2009).
Publis...<a href="http://classic.the-scientist.com/blog/display/55679/" rel="nofollow">Elsevier published 6 fake journals (2009).</a><br /><br /><a href="http://svpow.wordpress.com/2012/01/27/publishers-invent-a-whole-new-form-of-evil-suing-their-customers/" rel="nofollow">Publishers invent a whole new form of evil: suing their customers</a><br /><br />Elsevier don't seem to be too popular.J Bowersnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-49664284808566946982012-01-29T00:35:12.699-05:002012-01-29T00:35:12.699-05:00The Cost of Knowledge
Researchers taking a stand a...The Cost of Knowledge<br />Researchers taking a stand against Elsevier.<br />http://thecostofknowledge.com/David B. Bensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02917182411282836875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-54587716674344627362012-01-28T10:00:21.713-05:002012-01-28T10:00:21.713-05:00You forgot one other lovely Elsevier trick--the fi...You forgot one other lovely Elsevier trick--the first copy of a journal on a campus is sold only at the library rate. I tried to get a journal that did not make sense for the library to order. I figured I could pay $500/yr; instead the charge was $5000. On to library loan...<br /><br />After that, whenever I got an article from Elsevier, I told them that my reviewing charge was $200/hr.Mitchnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-66682159935469166222012-01-28T09:47:32.143-05:002012-01-28T09:47:32.143-05:00I find EGU open journals Atmospheric Chemistry and...I find EGU open journals Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, HESS, Climates of the Past, Ocean Sciences and so on a good step forward a different scheme. Perhaps the model can be exported to other areas<br /><br />anonymousMickeyMouseAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-68799095425696467942012-01-28T06:00:58.618-05:002012-01-28T06:00:58.618-05:00Elseviers Dutch newspaper targetted at conservativ...Elseviers Dutch newspaper targetted at conservatives is an active climate change misinformation outlet with an online dossier that is designed to cast doubt and highlight 'problems' in climate change science (e.g. climategate, IPCC 'blunders') and misrepresenting statements made by scientists (e.g. Mojib Latif's 20 year cooling). <br /><br />Among the contibutors are 'notorious wrong' science commentator Simon Rozendaal and political hack Afshin Ellian.<br /><br />Another good reason to boycot it's scientic journals.<br /><br />--cynicusAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-19161518491680128342012-01-27T23:31:09.740-05:002012-01-27T23:31:09.740-05:00If the scientific community is succesful in establ...If the scientific community is succesful in establishing <i>free</i> e-journals, selfish companies such as Elsevier will be forced to leave the journal business.David B. Bensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02917182411282836875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-44112061021434588482012-01-27T19:45:36.309-05:002012-01-27T19:45:36.309-05:00While we're at it, let's get the journals ...While we're at it, let's get the journals that were historically auf deutsch back into german.carrot eaternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-18601388489487083222012-01-27T17:49:46.043-05:002012-01-27T17:49:46.043-05:00Didn't Elsevier publish a textbook by Don East...Didn't Elsevier publish a textbook by Don Easterbrook, that includes a chapter by Viscount Monckton. Or are about to?<br /><br />Enough said.<br /><br /><i>Ecrazez l'infame!</i><br /><br />TobyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-2326480632866300002012-01-27T17:41:19.524-05:002012-01-27T17:41:19.524-05:00Nice:
"I have an ingenious idea for a compa...<a href="http://www.scottaaronson.com/writings/journal.pdf" rel="nofollow">Nice</a>: <br /><br />"I have an ingenious idea for a company. My company will be in the business of selling computer games. But, unlike other computer game companies, mine will never have to hire a single programmer, game designer, or graphic artist. Instead I’ll simply find people who know how to make games, and ask them to donate their games to me. Naturally, anyone generous enough to donate a game will immediately relinquish all further rights to it..."<br /><br /><a href="http://twitter.com/#!/tomstafford/statuses/162946035906387969" rel="nofollow">via</a>.Dolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17110810881843699172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-20594343120896036072012-01-27T16:30:43.460-05:002012-01-27T16:30:43.460-05:00Dr. Jay Cadbury, phd.
Great, more SOPA supporting...Dr. Jay Cadbury, phd.<br /><br />Great, more SOPA supporting clowns. Nobody in congress even knows what the internet is.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com