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- @l_marazzi As an interface to R? Yes. Not what I use, but then again I'm a sadist and like the Emacs + ESS despite the keyboard shortcuts 3 hours ago
- Open Data.SE Q&A site now in public beta opendata.stackexchange.com #opendata #openscience #oa HT: @eddelbuettel 4 hours ago
- @lucaborger @jessicablois Agreed, but R does compete in the sense that it is an alternative. One doesn't have to be proactive to compete 10 hours ago
- @jessicablois @lucaborger Starting to make more sense. 10 hours ago
- .@jessicablois @lucaborger Makes no sense; if you say "we did this with Y", whatever Y is, the disclaimer shl apply, not just bc Y is free 11 hours ago
- @MikeTaylor those cost money, especially when they are *that* bad :-) \cc @Protohedgehog 4 days ago
- @MikeTaylor you are forgetting the crappy web interfaces we are forced to use & the useless staff publisher employs \cc @Protohedgehog 4 days ago
- When is the Best Man giving his speech? ;-) RT @joshua_ulrich: A full house at #rfinance! http://t.co/WgnR1zGrmL 4 days ago
- MT @jessicablois: Apparently #rstats 'competes w. private sector', mentioning it means govt coauthor needs to insert disclaimer [to paper]. 4 days ago
- .@jessicablois What is the disclaimer they need to add? 4 days ago
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Tag Archives: Elsevier
Elsevier on Open Access part 2
Somehow I’m on Elsevier’s author mail-out listing and as such I received the first edition of their “Author’s Update” newsletter. Whilst nowhere near as misrepresentative of Open Access as their recent Editor’s Update issue (that I blogged about recently), it is … Continue reading
Posted in OpenAccess, Science
Tagged Budapest Open Access Initiative, CC BY, Creative Commons licenses, Elsevier, Open Access
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Elsevier on Open Access part 1
In the past few days I’ve come across two advertorials (articles or editorials if I’m being generous) from Elsevier in the context of newsletters sent to editors and authors. Here I consider the one sent to editors that Ross Mounce (@rossmounce) … Continue reading
I signed the Elsevier boycott pledge
After a little soul searching I signed the Elsevier boycott, pledging not to do any peer review or editorial work for any of that publishers titles. I have written before about my objections to Elsevier’s practices and have boycotted Wiley for similar reasons. … Continue reading
Posted in OpenAccess, Science
Tagged Boycott, Elsevier, Open Access, Peer review, Publishing
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The cost of subscribing to academic journals
Much has been written about the Research Works Act [you could do a lot worse than read Saurodpod Mike on the subject], academic publishing and the relationship between the scientists who do most of the work and the publishers who … Continue reading
Posted in OpenAccess, Science
Tagged Academic publishing, Elsevier, Open Access, Publishing, Research Works Act
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