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When funding and hiring opportunities express clear, unambiguous
preference for publication in open-access journals, the publications will
follow.
Is anyone on this list in a position to influence hiring decisions? Is
anyone in a position to influence funding decisions?
On Tue, Mar 13, 2012 at 10:59 AM, Carol Heckman <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> All,
> There is an elephant in the room here... Who has the best incentive and
> the best means to assure that your article remains accessible for decades
> in the future? A company that is making money by selling access or a
> nonprofit that is providing free access?
> Really I don't know the answer to this question - I just throw it out
> there.
> Carol Heckman
> ________________________________________
> From: Confocal Microscopy List [[log in to unmask]] On
> Behalf Of Ryan Schreiner [[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Monday, March 12, 2012 9:51 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Latest Paper on OME's OMERO ... so publish in an open access
> no charge journal
>
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> Jason,
>
> While I do appreciate the push for open access and actively work towards
> that goal, I equally appreciate the need for survival in the very
> challenging
> field that science is today (explore research funding statistics). If you
> have an opportunity to
> publish your work in a journal which is cited ten to twenty fold more than
> another (see links below) I would take the position of
> optimal dissemination of information and publish in Nature Methods as you
> did. There are many mechanisms to work towards a future of open access and
> certainly the days of limited/paid access to scientific knowledge are
> fleeting. I would not call you nobel if you were to publish in a lower
> impact journal out of principle and subsequently get less recognition and
> subsequent to that, not get your coming grant funded.
>
> http://www.scimagojr.com/journalsearch.php?q=16077&tip=sid&clean=0
>
> http://www.scimagojr.com/journalsearch.php?q=144840&tip=sid&clean=0
>
> Sincerely,
>
> -Ryan Schreiner
>
> On Mon, Mar 12, 2012 at 5:37 PM, George McNamara
> <[log in to unmask]>wrote:
>
> > *****
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> > *****
> >
> > Hi Jason,
> >
> > so publish in an open access no charge journal. For example,
> >
> > http://jbt.abrf.org/
> >
> > About the Journal of Biomolecular Techniques
> >
> > /The official journal of the Association of Biomolecular Resource
> > Facilities/
> >
> > /The Journal of Biomolecular Techniques /is a peer-reviewed publication
> > issued five times a year by the Association of Biomolecular Resource
> > Facilities <http://www.abrf.org/>. The Journal was established to
> promote
> > the central role biotechnology plays in contemporary research activities,
> > to disseminate information among biomolecular resource facilities, and to
> > communicate the biotechnology research conducted by the Association's
> > Research Groups and members, as well as other investigators
> >
> > George
> > p.s. the limited download thing (for the limited time until the public
> > access rider kicks in) the Nature journals have is completely silly.
> > p.p.s. full disclosure: since sometime last year I have been an ABRF
> > member. I am also a speaker (Tue PM) at this year's meeting that starts
> > this Sat night in Orlando
> > http://conf.abrf.org/index.**cfm/page/ConfProg.htm<
> http://conf.abrf.org/index.cfm/page/ConfProg.htm>
> >
> >
> > On 3/11/2012 6:17 PM, Jason Swedlow wrote:
> >
> >> *****
> >> To join, leave or search the confocal microscopy listserv, go to:
> >> http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/**wa?A0=confocalmicroscopy<
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> >> *****
> >>
> >> Hi George-
> >>
> >> First, thanks for the pun. Never thought of that one. ;-)!
> >>
> >> More seriously-- agreed, this is a bit tricky. Nature journals adhere
> to
> >> the regulations on open access as specified by the NIH, Wellcome Trust
> and
> >> others:
> >>
> >> http://www.nature.com/authors/**author_resources/deposition.**html<
> http://www.nature.com/authors/author_resources/deposition.html>
> >>
> >> The paper will be deposited in UKPubMed Central after 6 months.
> >>
> >> Is that good enough? Many people will think not. I'm stating the
> facts,
> >> not judging them.
> >>
> >> In fact, I've been looking into ways we could distribute a PDF of the
> >> paper. It used to be (a long time ago) that Nature journals allowed you
> >> to
> >> post a PDF of a published paper on your own web site. They still allow
> >> this, but the PDF is limited to a certain number of downloads, or a time
> >> interval:
> >>
> >> http://www.nature.com/**reprints/author-reprints.html<
> http://www.nature.com/reprints/author-reprints.html>
> >>
> >> We're looking into buying such a PDF, and if we can afford it, we'll
> >> update
> >> the list.
> >>
> >> Thanks for pointing this out-- you are absolutely correct.
> >>
> >> Cheers,
> >>
> >> Jason
> >>
> >>
> >> On Sun, Mar 11, 2012 at 12:58 PM, George McNamara<geomcnamara@**
> >> earthlink.net <[log in to unmask]>
> >>
> >>
> >>> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>
> >>
> >>> *****
> >>> To join, leave or search the confocal microscopy listserv, go to:
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> http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/**wa?A0=confocalmicroscopy>
> >>> <http**://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?**A0=confocalmicroscopy<
> http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A0=confocalmicroscopy>
> >>> >
> >>> *****
> >>>
> >>> Hi Jason,
> >>>
> >>> Oxymoronic (OMEronic) to publish an article on open source software in
> a
> >>> closed access journal.
> >>>
> >>> George
> >>>
> >>> On 2/29/2012 5:51 PM, Jason Swedlow wrote:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>> *****
> >>>> To join, leave or search the confocal microscopy listserv, go to:
> >>>> http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/****wa?A0=confocalmicroscopy<
> http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/**wa?A0=confocalmicroscopy>
> >>>> <http**://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?**A0=confocalmicroscopy<
> http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A0=confocalmicroscopy>
> >>>> >
> >>>> *****
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> Dear All-
> >>>>
> >>>> FYI, the latest paper on OMERO is just out at Nature Methods:
> >>>>
> >>>> http://www.nature.com/nmeth/****journal/v9/n3/abs/nmeth.1896.****html
> <http://www.nature.com/nmeth/**journal/v9/n3/abs/nmeth.1896.**html>
> >>>> <http://www.nature.com/**nmeth/journal/v9/n3/abs/nmeth.**1896.html<
> http://www.nature.com/nmeth/journal/v9/n3/abs/nmeth.1896.html>
> >>>> >
> >>>>
> >>>> Any thoughts, comments, critiqus, etc. most welcome.
> >>>>
> >>>> Cheers,
> >>>>
> >>>> Jason
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
> > --
> >
> >
> > George McNamara, Ph.D.
> > Image Core Manager
> > Analytical Imaging Core Facility (AICF)
> > University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine
> >
> > http://www.sylvester.org/AICF (AICF home page)
> > PubSpectra data (XLSX file inside)
> > http://www.sylvester.org/**documents/PubSpectra.zip<
> http://www.sylvester.org/documents/PubSpectra.zip>(download 2000+ spectra)
> > http://works.bepress.com/**gmcnamara/<
> http://works.bepress.com/gmcnamara/>
> > PubSpectra / UA Graphing Site
> > http://www.mcb.arizona.edu/**ipc/fret/index.html<
> http://www.mcb.arizona.edu/ipc/fret/index.html> (Carl Boswell, now
> retired)
> > New UA Spectra Database Site
> > http://www.spectra.arizona.**edu/ <http://www.spectra.arizona.edu/>
> > (Urs Utzinger)
> > UMiami Scholarly Repository "selected works"
> > http://works.bepress.com/**gmcnamara<
> http://works.bepress.com/gmcnamara>
> > Care to link?
> > http://www.linkedin.com/in/**georgemcnamara<
> http://www.linkedin.com/in/georgemcnamara>
> >
> >
> > Ready for imaging in 2012? Check out:
> >
> >
> > Miami 2012 Winter Symposium: Nanotechnology in Biomedicine
> > February 26-29, 2012, Miami, FL
> > Nature Publishing Group / University of Miami / Scripps Florida
> > http://www.nature.com/**natureconferences/miami/**mws2012/speakers.html<
> http://www.nature.com/natureconferences/miami/mws2012/speakers.html>
> >
> > Association of Biomolecular Resource Facilities (ABRF)
> > International Symposium
> > March 17-20, 2012, Orlando, FL
> > http://conf.abrf.org/index.cfm
> >
> > Biomedical Optics 2012 (OSA BIOMED) - Optical Society of America
> > April 29-May 2, 2012, Miami, FL
> > http://www.osa.org/meetings/**topical_meetings/BIOMED/**default.aspx<
> http://www.osa.org/meetings/topical_meetings/BIOMED/default.aspx>
> >
> >
> >
> > "Old soldiers never die, they just fade away." - Douglas Macarthur.
> > "Old antibodies die, please throw them away." - GM.
> >
> > "Well of course you can't understand your data, you have too many
> > controls" - Anna M. Wu, quoted in Andreas Markus Loening, Ph.D.
> > dissertation, UCLA, 2006.
> > "If you do all the controls, you'll never publish." - GM.
> > "If you don't do the controls, you shouldn't publish." ... alternative:
> > "If you don't do the controls, don't waste everyone's time in lab
> meeting."
> > - GM.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
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