PLOS ONE Output Falls Following Impact Factor Decline

[David Wojick]

I agree that bibliometrics research is a case where universal access is desireable, although perhaps not necessary, but that is not the case that I objected to. Note that the bibliometrician does not need access in order to actually read the two million or so papers published each year, as that is impossible. If you want to argue that the journal system should be reorganized, so that subscriptions disappear, in order to serve bibliometrics, be my guest. It is not a strong argument, certainly not strong enough to make the subscription system unsustainable, which is the issue here.

I do not understand your PS so perhaps you did not understand my prior point. 

David
http://insidepublicaccess.com/

On Jul 4, 2014, at 2:27 AM, Andreas Strotmann <andreas.strotmann at GMAIL.COM> wrote:

> Adminstrative info for SIGMETRICS (for example unsubscribe): http://web.utk.edu/~gwhitney/sigmetrics.html
> > How can there be a tiny but broad research institution?
> 
> Well -- we  scientometricians all need access to huge numbers of papers for decent analyses. And I can immediately list a couple of really tiny research institutions (tiny compared to universities) in our field: ScienceMetrix; SciTech Strategies; iFQ...,  not to mention freelance researchers like myself. 
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> Perhaps the Institute for Advanced Studies (of Einstein and Gödel fame) might serve as another example. Germany has tons of research institutes of this sort (I worked at one, and we collaborated with a bunch of them).
> 
> -- Andreas
> 
> PS:   Your statement reminds me of the apocryphal linguist who claimed that there existed no human language in which a double affirmative serves as negation - when someone from the audience snickered:  yeah, right.
> 
> 
> 
> On Thu, Jul 3, 2014 at 9:38 PM, David Wojick <dwojick at craigellachie.us> wrote:
> Adminstrative info for SIGMETRICS (for example unsubscribe): http://web.utk.edu/~gwhitney/sigmetrics.html
> How can there be a "tiny but broad" research institution? Each researcher's field is very narrow. If there are a tiny number of researchers then their journal needs are equally tiny, not all journals. Even Harvard does not need access to all journals. 
> 
> Note too that a researcher can always get a copy of any article they are interested in simply by asking the author for it. That is why the author's email address is always provided.
> 
> There is nothing unsustainable about the subscription model.
> 
> David Wojick
> http://insidepublicaccess.com/
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