Based on the paper title ""Heavy use of equations impedes communication among biologists", the authors seemed concerned about academic communication though ironically publish behind a paywall. Perhaps the Mesur folks at LANL/Indiana can quantify the influence of paywalls on citation count and publish a follow up paper:
"Heavy use of paywalls impedes communication among scientists" Johan, any data on this? -Stephen -- --- -. . ..-. .. ... .... - .-- --- ..-. .. ... .... stephen.gue...@redfish.com <stephen.gue...@redfish.com> office: 505.995.0206 mobile: 505.577.5828 redfish.com | simtable.com | sfcomplex.org On Wed, Aug 29, 2012 at 4:30 PM, Roger Critchlow <r...@elf.org> wrote: > > We knew biologists were math averse, but now it's been quantified: > > http://www.pnas.org/content/109/29/11735 > > "The duo recommends that researchers use equations sparingly in their main > article text to ensure that their ideas reach a wide audience." > > I haven't read past the abstract since the article is pay-walled. > > -- rec -- > > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org ============================================================ FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org
