It’s not just the biologists... Thanks for this. I would like to be optimistic but actually the reverse is true in chemistry so far. The main Open publishing activity, Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry has yet to take off. And the posting was catalysed by a single request on the CHMINF-L list which I suspect will get little support. But let us at least be optimistic!
Gabe
· 3 years ago
Well don't forget the possibility that I would launch a science vertical myself! If I ever did, hopefully that would be the "Techmeme" of science. :)
Matthew
· 3 years ago
Megite just released the Megite For Science. Still plenty of room to improve. Keep tuned.
Deepak Singh
· 3 years ago
Touché ... yes it would. There is always room for more than one, but I am partial to the work that Stew has done.
Peter, I agree with you. Although I blog about biology, I am a chemist by training. Biology has one advantage. Data and data management have become central to the subject thanks to all the genome efforts. Chemistry is still some way away from that. Hopefully time will change.
smeutaw
· 3 years ago
Did you see that article by Pedro Cuatrecasas "Drug Discovery in Jeopardy" (J. Clin. Invest. (2006) 116: 2837-2842) http://www.jci.org/cgi/content/full/116/11/2837? Lots of reasons that drug discovery/development is taking longer and costing more. No solutions offered, however.
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Thanks for this. I would like to be optimistic but actually the reverse is true in chemistry so far. The main Open publishing activity, Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry has yet to take off. And the posting was catalysed by a single request on the CHMINF-L list which I suspect will get little support. But let us at least be optimistic!
Peter, I agree with you. Although I blog about biology, I am a chemist by training. Biology has one advantage. Data and data management have become central to the subject thanks to all the genome efforts. Chemistry is still some way away from that. Hopefully time will change.
Lots of reasons that drug discovery/development is taking longer and costing more. No solutions offered, however.