Watch this in line with this blog entry from the Mendeley Developers titled “Who is killing science on the Web? Publishers or Scientists?”.
“They decide what is and isn’t fit for publishing. They decide when and where you can self-archive manuscripts and supplementary data. They mesmerize and trap us with the lure of journal impact factors like a baby unable to wean itself. Whether we are conscious of it or not, much of the direction taken in labs isn’t based on pure science, but based on what the editors of a high impact journal will publish.
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The old standby of “this is how it’s always been done” or “the system is not the best, but it works” is no longer acceptable. The most important facet of science, the scientific method, isn’t being applied to how science gets communicated. We should be ashamed of ourselves.”
