I have recently come across two cases of an author asking for their
paper to be withdrawn from the proceedings (online, OA) of a
conference.
I am pursing these cases as I can to find out why. I assume that the
conferences did not have an appropriate license agreement allowing
them to make the
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Surely the most common case is that the article contained or was based on a
mistake that the authors now find
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From: American Scientist Open Access Forum
[mailto:american-scientist-open-access-fo...@listserver.sigmaxi.org] On
Behalf Of Arthur Smith
Sent: 28 October 2008 13:24
To: american-scientist-open-access-fo...@listserver.sigmaxi.org
Subject: Re: Withdrawal from Open Access
Arthur Smith:
Surely the most common case is that the article contained or was based
on a mistake that the authors now find embarrassing. Such things often
are revealed in peer review, so if these proceedings were subject to
only skimpy or no review there could easily be such problems. Do
be clearly marked as flawed
when found, but it shouldn't just disappear. the gaslight effect.
bq
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From: Arthur Sale
Sent: Oct 27, 2008 7:46 PM
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Subject: Withdrawal from
