http://mndoci.disqus.com/At the interface of science and computingenMon, 30 Apr 2007 09:58:58 -0000http://mndoci.com/blog/2007/04/26/when-a-publisher-loses-perspective/#comment-1297148<p>on this issue, my perspective (<a href="http://www.nonoscience.info/2007/04/27/closed-science/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" title="http://www.nonoscience.info/2007/04/27/closed-science/">shameless plug </a> from my blog) about the uncertain role of science blogging</p><p>"In the context of online dissemination of “hot” research either the publishers worry that the number of “free” online viewers of such blogs/websites are inordinately more because of which they (publishers) are loosing potential revenue from some of those free viewers - they could have been forced to buy the journal if not for my blog/website - or they are still confused about the free online advertisement they are getting for their journals and research published therein by these online discussions."</p><p>Only when scientists directly publish their research results in their webpages and/or their parent organization's endorsed pages (or "free journals") such "locking up" of research by middlemen (publishers, who invest a lot of money and in turn want profit) will stop.</p>ArunnMon, 30 Apr 2007 09:58:58 -0000