For those interested, the Free Online Scholarship Forum is open to discussions of the peer review process in and of itself. You can access it at the following URL:
http://www.topica.com/lists/fos-forum/ Sébastien Paquet --- Seb's Open Research: pointers and thoughts on the evolution of scholarly communication http://radio.weblogs.com/0110772/ On Thu, 15 Aug 2002 12:22:39 +0100, Stevan Harnad <[email protected]> wrote: >Whatever the pros and cons of adopting a new policy of paying >referees to hasten referee reports (apart from the tiny minority >of cases, mainly in Economics, where this is already standard >practice), I would like to remind colleagues that the goal >of this Forum is open access to the peer-reviewed journal literature, >such as it is, as soon as possible. Improvements in the efficiency >of peer review, welcome as they are, are another matter, unless >there is some sort of causal connection between the (tested and >demonstrated) improvements and the hastening or facilitation of >open access. > ... >Sorry to be such a carmudgeon! > >Stevan Harnad
