Re: [Sursound] Motivation for authors(Robert's off topic rant!)

2012-01-20 Thread Franck M.
Some off-topic info: http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2012/01/elsevier_evil.php ___ Sursound mailing list Sursound@music.vt.edu https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/sursound

Re: [Sursound] Motivation for authors(Robert's off topic rant!)

2012-01-13 Thread Peter Lennox
: sursound-boun...@music.vt.edu [sursound-boun...@music.vt.edu] On Behalf Of Robert Greene [gre...@math.ucla.edu] Sent: 12 January 2012 06:15 To: Eric Carmichel; Surround Sound discussion group Subject: Re: [Sursound] Motivation for authors(Robert's off topic rant!) Scientific literature ought

Re: [Sursound] Motivation for authors(Robert's off topic rant!)

2012-01-13 Thread Michael Chapman
Just turning things over in the back of my mind. Eric was pointing out that, without the peer review that goes with publication in a prestigious journal, a paper isn't taken seriously. as Robert points out, peer review offers at least some assurance that a paper does not contain 'junk

Re: [Sursound] Motivation for authors(Robert's off topic rant!)

2012-01-13 Thread Martin Leese
Peter Lennox p.len...@derby.ac.uk wrote: ... On the question of publishing but not preaching to the converted, one could see that some kind of peer review might help. I'm thinking that specialised publishing from leaders in the field, but pitching at the early-undergrad /bright-and-interested