The question I have is what advantage is there in not having your research work open access?
Given it is such a pain to download a non-open access paper, the open access papers percolate to the top of my reading list. The only answers I can think of - publishing open access is more expensive (publishers often offer an open access option for more dollars), - prestigious journals prevent archiving of papers in arXiv or other repositories, - its a fag to upload your paper to arXiv or your institution archive In my case, uploading my publications to arXiv and linked from my website is my default option. I will usually amend any copyright transfer agreement to allow this, if not already allowed. It's a right PITA when the publisher doesn't accept my amendment, as I then need to remember that that paper is a special exception :( Cheers -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Prof Russell Standish Phone 0425 253119 (mobile) Principal, High Performance Coders Visiting Professor of Mathematics [email protected] University of New South Wales http://www.hpcoders.com.au Latest project: The Amoeba's Secret (http://www.hpcoders.com.au/AmoebasSecret.html) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ============================================================ FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com
