[Taxacom] Open Access taxonomy

[John Noyes]

Well, I suppose it lies behind an "input" paywall (pay to publish) or
output paywall (pay to access) or both. You take your pick. Very few
"open access" publications are open and free on either or both sides of
the publishing spectrum. That includes Zookeys, Zootaxa, and Plos One.
Someone has to pay somewhere.

John

John Noyes
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[mailto:taxacom-bounces at mailman.nhm.ku.edu] On Behalf Of Roderic Page
Sent: 25 May 2011 16:27
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Subject: [Taxacom] Open Access taxonomy

Dear All,

At the risk of channelling Donat Agosti, I find it somewhat depressing
that only two of the International Institute for Species Exploration's
Top 10 new species for 2010 (http://species.asu.edu/Top10 ) were
published as Open Access articles (see
http://iphylo.blogspot.com/2011/05/top-ten-new-species-described-in-2010
.html or http://tinyurl.com/3j69cw5 ).

Choice of where to publish is obviously influenced by several, sometimes
conflicting criteria, but it's a pity that so much of taxonomy's output
lies behind paywalls.

Regards

Rod

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