[GOAL] Re: Corrected Ulrichs estimate of total number of active peer-reviewed journals: 28, 094 in August 2012

2012-08-06 Thread Andrea Marchitelli
Maybe The little number of electronic journals come from The limitation to first/principal editions, when electronic edition coul ne secondary. Best regards, Andrea Marchitelli Il giorno 04/ago/2012 22:10, Stevan Harnad har...@ecs.soton.ac.uk ha scritto: Ulrichs' current correct estimate of the

[GOAL] Re: Update on Ulrichs estimate of total number of active peer-reviewed journals: 55, 311

2012-08-06 Thread P Burnhill
The key to this is the ISSN-L which is a linking field in each ISSN record that provides the equivalent of a family name for the print, electronic and other formats of a serial. Over the past 5 or more years the ISSN Network has worked hard to increase the assignment of ISSNs for serials

[GOAL] Open Access Interview: New Testament Scholar Larry Hurtado

2012-08-06 Thread Omega Alpha | Open Access
Open Access Interview: New Testament Scholar Larry Hurtado http://wp.me/p20y83-nw It’s been a number of years since I’ve really immersed myself in direct theological research--ever since my vocational path diverged from the start of a doctoral program and took me, first into pastoral ministry

[GOAL] Planning for the Open Access Era

2012-08-06 Thread Stevan Harnad
On 2012-08-05, Stella Dutton on LIBLICENSE wrote: ... insisting on 'green' open access before 'gold' can be considered is at the very least like opening the parachute a split second before hitting the ground. The only thing I would add is that most publishers don't believe that they will be

[GOAL] Re: Planning for the Open Access Era

2012-08-06 Thread Arthur Sale
I completely follow your argument Stevan, and agree with it, as far as it goes. There is however an aspect that you have not covered, and you should include it in your analysis. You write as though reader-side subscriptions were the only alternative to author-side publishing fees as a way of

[GOAL] Re: Planning for the Open Access Era

2012-08-06 Thread Stevan Harnad
Dear Arthur, (1) For years and years I did not refer to toll-access as subscription access but as subscription/license/pay-per-view (S/L/PPV). (Google the AmSci Forum archives in the late 90's and early 2000's and I'll find countless instances.) PPV is neither satisfactory for most users nor is