Publish free on BioMed Central (2)
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Publish free on BioMed Central
------------------------------BioMed Central is a collection of peer-reviewed journals that publish
biomedical research free of charge and immediately on the internet.
As well as publishing research submitted to its own journals, BioMed
Central also helps researchers wanting to start new, open access
journals by providing technical support, while editorial control re-
mains with the scientists.
Yes, I think this is nice. Wonder, though, how this rubs up against
our funded research, esp. private industry. I also couldn't help won-
dering some about the point mentioned regarding the site's revenues
coming from advertisers. Actually, this approach is exactly what will
be truly marvelous when the world community finally gets the regula-
tory authorities and private industry to make the shift to Electronic
Oversight, thus shifting the process into controlled postmarket sur-
veillance. When that eventually takes place, everyone wins, and the
pharmaceutical industry will no longer exhibit its present paranoia
over scientific investigators publishing "company secrets".
Just my thoughts,
Tom Poe
mailto:tompoe@source.net
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