Changing Nature
More good news for supporters of open access to scientific research
By J.P.
IN THE world of academic publishing, it is hard to get more traditional than Nature. The British scholarly weekly has been reporting scientific breakthroughs since 1869. It hews to the time-honoured, and time-consuming, process of peer review, in which papers' worth is judged by anonymous experts prior to publication. Fewer than one in ten submissions make the cut. Successful ones are printed on dead trees and dispatched by post to subscribers, who pay for the privilege of reading about the latest important findings. Their authors win kudos just for getting their paper in.
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