borretts wrote:
Colleagues,
Biology/ecology could adopt a model like the physicists and develop an
electronic preprint archive like arXiv (http://arxiv.org/). This
provides a way to share research results and ideas -- even those that
have been peer reviewed -- in a moderated fashion without violating
copyrights (as far as I know). For those of us working in
quantitative biology/ecology there is already a "quantitative biology"
subsection available.
as I pointed out earlier, there is Nature Precedings
(http://precedings.nature.com/) which fulfils this function. The FAQ
discusses copyright (http://precedings.nature.com/site/help#copyright).
I don't know how journals will view manuscripts being placed there: I
guess I should ask.
We just need to start using it, folks!
Bob
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