[GOAL] Journal Impact Factor will show that embargo hurts the Impact Factor and thus the reputation and value of subscription-based journals

2015-05-02 Thread Éric Archambault
Stevan and other proponents of OA are adamant that embargoes are unacceptable. It is a huge fight, a very unequal one. What is likely to happen to give the final word to these advocates and lead to embargo elimination is the fact that embargoed journals are not going to get the citations that

[GOAL] Re: Journal Impact Factor will show that embargo hurts the Impact Factor and thus the reputation and value of subscription-based journals

2015-05-02 Thread Stevan Harnad
On Fri, May 1, 2015 at 10:24 PM, Éric Archambault eric.archamba...@science-metrix.com wrote: Stevan and other proponents of OA are adamant that embargoes are unacceptable. It is a huge fight, a very unequal one. What is likely to happen to give the final word to these advocates and lead to