Comments on: Open Access Journals Provide Free Access to Health Research http://www.ourbodiesourblog.org/blog/2009/03/open-access-journals-provide-free-access-to-health-research Daily dose of women's health news and media analysis Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:46:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Women's Health http://www.ourbodiesourblog.org/blog/2009/03/open-access-journals-provide-free-access-to-health-research/comment-page-1#comment-3840 Women's Health Sun, 25 Jul 2010 07:36:39 +0000 http://www.ourbodiesourblog.org/?p=4623#comment-3840 I LOVE pubmed...It is great that they have allowed public access to the scientific publications. I LOVE pubmed…It is great that they have allowed public access to the scientific publications.

]]> By: Rachel http://www.ourbodiesourblog.org/blog/2009/03/open-access-journals-provide-free-access-to-health-research/comment-page-1#comment-1365 Rachel Thu, 23 Apr 2009 13:14:58 +0000 http://www.ourbodiesourblog.org/?p=4623#comment-1365 Ravi, in addition to online not at all meaning that a journal isn't peer reviewed, online vs. print are no longer really types of journals nor are they mutually exclusive. New England Journal of Medicine is available online, as is JAMA, and BMJ, and many others and many, many people subscribe to them online only - that has nothing to do with the level of respect for the journals, or shouldn't. Online and print are delivery methods, not content quality assurance methods. Ravi, in addition to online not at all meaning that a journal isn’t peer reviewed, online vs. print are no longer really types of journals nor are they mutually exclusive. New England Journal of Medicine is available online, as is JAMA, and BMJ, and many others and many, many people subscribe to them online only – that has nothing to do with the level of respect for the journals, or shouldn’t. Online and print are delivery methods, not content quality assurance methods.

]]> By: Ravi http://www.ourbodiesourblog.org/blog/2009/03/open-access-journals-provide-free-access-to-health-research/comment-page-1#comment-1364 Ravi Thu, 23 Apr 2009 08:36:41 +0000 http://www.ourbodiesourblog.org/?p=4623#comment-1364 Hi... I don’t work for the university any more, I miss free full-text access.This is great for the consumer, but for purposes of promotion and tenure in academia, online journals, even if peer reviewed, do not have the same level of respect and prestige as traditional print journals. Hi…
I don’t work for the university any more, I miss free full-text access.This is great for the consumer, but for purposes of promotion and tenure in academia, online journals, even if peer reviewed, do not have the same level of respect and prestige as traditional print journals.

]]> By: Rachel http://www.ourbodiesourblog.org/blog/2009/03/open-access-journals-provide-free-access-to-health-research/comment-page-1#comment-1088 Rachel Fri, 20 Mar 2009 12:51:55 +0000 http://www.ourbodiesourblog.org/?p=4623#comment-1088 Knitting Clio - just wanted to point out for readers that a journal being "online" is completely different from being "open access" and each of these is completely separate from the issue of peer review (which most open access journals *are* peer reviewed). You have a good point that for academics, issues of reputation and tenure usually need to be considered for publishing - many of the open access journals are new (launched within the last 5-10 years), which makes it difficult to have built up the prestige and reputation of a journal that's been around since the late 1800s or so. I did find this list of resources related to digital materials, scholarship, and tenure that might be interesting to those inclined to care about such issues - http://hsc.unm.edu/library/sc/#PTOA Knitting Clio – just wanted to point out for readers that a journal being “online” is completely different from being “open access” and each of these is completely separate from the issue of peer review (which most open access journals *are* peer reviewed). You have a good point that for academics, issues of reputation and tenure usually need to be considered for publishing – many of the open access journals are new (launched within the last 5-10 years), which makes it difficult to have built up the prestige and reputation of a journal that’s been around since the late 1800s or so. I did find this list of resources related to digital materials, scholarship, and tenure that might be interesting to those inclined to care about such issues – http://hsc.unm.edu/library/sc/#PTOA

]]> By: Knitting Clio http://www.ourbodiesourblog.org/blog/2009/03/open-access-journals-provide-free-access-to-health-research/comment-page-1#comment-1087 Knitting Clio Fri, 20 Mar 2009 12:09:39 +0000 http://www.ourbodiesourblog.org/?p=4623#comment-1087 This is great for the consumer, but for purposes of promotion and tenure in academia, online journals, even if peer reviewed, do not have the same level of respect and prestige as traditional print journals. I'm a historian of medicine whose work is funded by an National Library of Medicine extramural grant. Historians generally are expected to produce a monograph in order to receive tenure. University presses are already suffering from poor book sales made worse by a bad economy. Open access for monographs will make the situation worse. This is great for the consumer, but for purposes of promotion and tenure in academia, online journals, even if peer reviewed, do not have the same level of respect and prestige as traditional print journals.

I’m a historian of medicine whose work is funded by an National Library of Medicine extramural grant. Historians generally are expected to produce a monograph in order to receive tenure. University presses are already suffering from poor book sales made worse by a bad economy. Open access for monographs will make the situation worse.

]]> By: Jessica http://www.ourbodiesourblog.org/blog/2009/03/open-access-journals-provide-free-access-to-health-research/comment-page-1#comment-1085 Jessica Wed, 18 Mar 2009 20:21:43 +0000 http://www.ourbodiesourblog.org/?p=4623#comment-1085 Thanx for postin this. This really wonderful even though I just a little bit of it, but it goes a long way. At the same time why didn't you mention this journal as well. Basically, its evidence base medicine and found its good as well. http://www.cochrane.org/ Thanx for postin this. This really wonderful even though I just a little bit of it, but it goes a long way. At the same time why didn’t you mention this journal as well. Basically, its evidence base medicine and found its good as well. http://www.cochrane.org/

]]> By: Linda http://www.ourbodiesourblog.org/blog/2009/03/open-access-journals-provide-free-access-to-health-research/comment-page-1#comment-1084 Linda Tue, 17 Mar 2009 21:26:35 +0000 http://www.ourbodiesourblog.org/?p=4623#comment-1084 Me, too! Me, too!

]]> By: Jill http://www.ourbodiesourblog.org/blog/2009/03/open-access-journals-provide-free-access-to-health-research/comment-page-1#comment-1083 Jill Tue, 17 Mar 2009 17:18:55 +0000 http://www.ourbodiesourblog.org/?p=4623#comment-1083 Nice! Since I don't work for the university any more, I miss free full-text access. Nice! Since I don’t work for the university any more, I miss free full-text access.

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