25-05-2019, 11:03 PM
(offtopic)
As a side note, I fail to understand why should one pay thousands of bucks to publish an open access article when one can just publish it in the internet for free!
OK, peer reviews and all that, but recently we have seen a vivid peer reviewed example, and there are much more.
I believe the peer review system as it is will anytime soon give way to post-publication community critique. The whole model of scientific publication will be changed.
Quote:The APC price for an open access article in Cryptologia would be USD 2950. Please understand that I can't afford this sum.
As a side note, I fail to understand why should one pay thousands of bucks to publish an open access article when one can just publish it in the internet for free!
OK, peer reviews and all that, but recently we have seen a vivid peer reviewed example, and there are much more.
I believe the peer review system as it is will anytime soon give way to post-publication community critique. The whole model of scientific publication will be changed.