tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242881996852098.post5504768402544253112..comments2024-01-08T08:39:39.026-08:00Comments on The Open Source Paleontologist: Open Access Publishing and the PaleontologistAndyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16171447306687358664noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242881996852098.post-88788382828732595802012-08-05T12:20:54.134-07:002012-08-05T12:20:54.134-07:00Andy,
You mention Journal of Experimental Biology ...Andy,<br />You mention Journal of Experimental Biology in your blog<br />Is this just an exampple, or do they accept submissions in paleontology?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242881996852098.post-61756773178840644172009-01-25T21:54:00.000-08:002009-01-25T21:54:00.000-08:00Andy: Great! I'm hoping to use Slicer for a projec...Andy: Great! I'm hoping to use Slicer for a project soon, but having terrible trouble deciphering my hand-written notes from SVP. :(Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242881996852098.post-18194545643309333062009-01-25T20:22:00.000-08:002009-01-25T20:22:00.000-08:00Wow, this may be possibly the busiest comment thre...Wow, this may be possibly the busiest comment thread on this blog ever. Replying one at a time. . .<BR/><BR/>Nick: Hopefully within the next two weeks. Life has taken a major turn for the busy, but I haven't forgotten Slicer!!!<BR/><BR/>Raptor Lewis: When I'm looking for a paper for which I don't have on-line access, there are a couple of phases I'll try. First, I do a Google Scholar search - sometimes, it's available there. Second, I'll go to the home page(s) of the author(s). Lots of folks are putting their articles online nowadays. Thirdly, I'll echo Mike, in that sometimes it's easiest to just email the paleontologist if all other options fail. As Mike implies, it's a great ego boost for us authors. :-) (just know that sometimes it takes us a few days to get around to it - my email inbox is filling up as I deal with some of the upcoming events of this week). And for the copyright-expired stuff, Google Books is positively amazing sometimes!<BR/><BR/>Mike: You're not alone. I'm becoming more and more "militantly" open access myself, with the same exceptions that you mention (society publications - these are the good guys in many regards, I think, although I do wish JVP had options that were friendlier to non-members who aren't at a JSTOR-subscribing institution). Along those lines, I've decided that I'll never submit to an Elsevier journal, owing to their draconian subscription and download fee structures. If they would just follow the iTunes model ($1 or $2 for a PDF download) I would be a lot more interested in reading some of their articles and publishing in their journals (and I suspect many people would agree). As it is, I prefer to email the authors for a PDF.Andyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16171447306687358664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242881996852098.post-19764986548817011422009-01-25T13:49:00.000-08:002009-01-25T13:49:00.000-08:00I find myself getting more and more militant about...I find myself getting more and more militant about open access, and I am progressively less inclined to send my work to non-open journals -- especially those run by for-profit publishers; JVP and Palaeontology get a special dispensation since at least what money they make from their artificial economy of scarcity goes to a professional society that directly benefits palaeontologists, rather than to shareholders.<BR/><BR/>In any case, this game is over -- what we're seeing now is just the mindless thrashing of headless bodies. We all know that it is trivially easy to get the PDFs of any recent paper, whether the journal itself, or the publisher, tried to help or to hinder. Hindering won't stop me getting the PDF, and it certainly won't make me pay for the $30 download -- it just makes it unlikely I'll submit to the journal in question or its stablemates. I'm sure I'm not alone in this. Non-open academic publishing is dead on its feet.Mike Taylorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06039663158335543317noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242881996852098.post-36268901421011949652009-01-25T13:45:00.000-08:002009-01-25T13:45:00.000-08:00Raptor Lewis,Most authors LOVE being asked for cop...Raptor Lewis,<BR/><BR/>Most authors LOVE being asked for copies of their papers! Never hesitate to email someone a request. Even if they don't have PDFs, many or most authors are happy to send a photocopy.Mike Taylorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06039663158335543317noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242881996852098.post-70258027601385258142009-01-25T13:31:00.000-08:002009-01-25T13:31:00.000-08:00I'd go on a limb and say it's substantially easy t...I'd go on a limb and say it's substantially easy to find papers that were published from 1999 to the present. Finding papers that go back further isn't difficult for some journals (such as JVP or JoP). Most of the major dinosaur publications are circulating as PDFs, you just have to figure out who has them.<BR/><BR/>I've never had any trouble with requesting copies of PDFs from authors, myself. Google Scholar also helps quite a bit.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242881996852098.post-59585896230292340292009-01-24T09:47:00.000-08:002009-01-24T09:47:00.000-08:00If it's that easy, than how do I find publications...If it's that easy, than how do I find publications by certain paleontologists? I can never find them. I might have to ask the paleontologist for a copy.<BR/><BR/>Although n oe occasion I e-mailed Thomas Holtz, jr of Maryland a question about Tyrannosaurus rex behavior and he answered me by e-mailing a chapter of his latest book on T-rex in a .pdf format. I didn't even ask.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242881996852098.post-48557376810864760232009-01-24T09:36:00.000-08:002009-01-24T09:36:00.000-08:00When are we going to get into individual segmentat...When are we going to get into individual segmentation in 3D Slicer?<BR/><BR/>:oAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com