I will not do yet another point-by-point rebuttal
http://openaccess.eprints.org/index.php?/archives/1150-Elsevier-updates-its-article-sharing-policies,-perspectives-and-services.html,
just to have it all once again ignored by Alicia/Elsevier, responding yet
again with nothing but empty jargon and
Dear all,
How do open (access) publication strategies fit into a research workflow? Do
researchers use Google Drive instead of Word? Papers instead of Endnote? Google
Scholar instead of Scopus? Megajournals instead of topical journals?
ResearchGate instead of repositories? We are engaged in
mBio has some what I consider to be a good model for explaining what they mean
to include and exclude by using a CC noncommercial license - worth repeating
below, this comes after the brief explanation of the license copied exactly
from the CC website (another good practice);
Noncommercial
Hello all,
Last week Cambridge University hosted a meeting with respresentatives
from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)
which as a policy that data underpinning published research is made
available. It kicked in on 1 May 2015. Apart from the policy itself
there is
I agree with Marc's comments but would add that authors need to know that use
includes commercial use (this includes for-sale and for-profit re-use), and
remix.
Re-use doesn't mean the kind of re-uses we like, it just means re-use. It might
mean a serious scholar re-using part of our work in
The Journal of Orthopaedic Case Reports has posted a Proposed Creative Commons
notice which may be useful for discussion purposes.
My perspective is that it is helpful to have this explanatory information, good
to see clarification of author copyright retention and active encouragement for
Hi all,
Although I don't share Heather's fears as to the dangers of CC BY in scientific
publishing, I agree that authors should be able to make an informed choice when
they are asked to accept it as a publication condition.
The verb share certainly doesn't convey the full scope of the rights
