Recently I posted an inspired message to friends and colleagues on Facebook, shortly after finishing a session of (voluntary) summer teaching at UC San Diego. The post went something like this: “A few years ago I decided that I didn’t want to lecture anymore. So, I retired my lecture-based class, and created a new class … Continue reading
About 10 years ago – June 29, 2007 – Apple released the first version of their revolutionary iPhone line. By then, practically everyone of my generation – except me, that is – already had a mobile device of some kind, and so for most the iPhone was a natural extension of this relatively new reality, … Continue reading
Contributed By David Barner, Roger Levy, and Jesse Snedeker Instant Open Archiving: A How-to Guide “Instant Open Archiving” (IOA) refers to the practice whereby Action Editors of peer reviewed journals require authors to archive preprints of manuscripts on a public digital archive such as PsyArXiv.org, ArXiv.org or RePEc.org at the time of submission. If this … Continue reading
Here are Frequently Asked Questions for Editorial teams interested in Instant Open Archiving: 1. What is a Pre-print? What is a Post-print? For a review of these terms, see this helpful article in Scientific American, where the following descriptions are provided: “Pre-print – A pre-print is the original version of the manuscript as it is … Continue reading
Contributed by David Barner, Roger Levy, and Jesse Snedeker Currently, when researchers publish new studies in academic journals, most articles are secured behind a paywall and are accessible only to institutions or individuals who pay sizable subscriptions fees. This is problematic because science is funded by the public and has the potential to benefit the … Continue reading
A review of what happened, why we support Open Access, and a proposal for shifting all journals to Open Access with a single, free, tweak to editorial policy. Contributed by David Barner, Roger Levy, and Jesse Snedeker Summary We review our recent effort to encourage the adoption of Open Access at Cognition, how the Editorial … Continue reading
Contributed by David Barner and Jesse Snedeker, in consultation with Johan Rooryck Here are some briefs replies to Frequently Asked Questions we’ve encountered in response to our previous post, “Fair Open Access at Cognition.” We thank those of you who asked these questions, and encourage you to continue to ask them, so we can collectively understand … Continue reading
