Comments for LiquidPub Project http://project.liquidpub.org Liquid Publications: Scientific Publications Meet the Web Fri, 4 Jul 2008 18:10:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.3 Comment on Liquid Publications: Scientific Publications meet the Web by fausto giunchiglia http://project.liquidpub.org/2007/09/23/scientific-publications-meet-the-web/#comment-23 fausto giunchiglia Wed, 11 Jun 2008 10:17:10 +0000 http://project.liquidpub.org/2007/09/23/scientific-publications-meet-the-web/#comment-23 The project has officially started on May 1st. We have started the activities. A couple of more people are joining the project. You will start seeing signs of life in late June The project has officially started on May 1st. We have started the activities. A couple of more people are joining the project.

You will start seeing signs of life in late June

]]> Comment on Liquid Publications: Scientific Publications meet the Web by Christoph Bussler http://project.liquidpub.org/2007/09/23/scientific-publications-meet-the-web/#comment-22 Christoph Bussler Tue, 10 Jun 2008 14:01:00 +0000 http://project.liquidpub.org/2007/09/23/scientific-publications-meet-the-web/#comment-22 One of the observation is that publications play a big role in the academic career, in terms of judging the quality of the researcher as well as his impact. This is one of the few items that can be 'counted' in the sense that more publications are better. An interesting question would be how the publication behavior changes if publications were not that an important at all any more for advancing the academic career (but e.g., results or impact instead). Another observation is that the reviewers' behavior changes. I see more and more students doing the reviews instead of the PC members themselves, and that without supervision in the sense that the reviews coming out of this are sometimes very indifferent. Finally, basic principles of publications (like missing related work) are for some reviewers not enough reason for a straight reject any more. In general, the bar is lowering, inviting more and more submissions. I think a project like this is important to have and to continue, but the problem is bigger than just the publication process itself. BTW, there were no updates on this since last year, what's going on? One of the observation is that publications play a big role in the academic career, in terms of judging the quality of the researcher as well as his impact. This is one of the few items that can be ‘counted’ in the sense that more publications are better. An interesting question would be how the publication behavior changes if publications were not that an important at all any more for advancing the academic career (but e.g., results or impact instead).

Another observation is that the reviewers’ behavior changes. I see more and more students doing the reviews instead of the PC members themselves, and that without supervision in the sense that the reviews coming out of this are sometimes very indifferent.

Finally, basic principles of publications (like missing related work) are for some reviewers not enough reason for a straight reject any more. In general, the bar is lowering, inviting more and more submissions.

I think a project like this is important to have and to continue, but the problem is bigger than just the publication process itself.

BTW, there were no updates on this since last year, what’s going on?

]]> Comment on Liquid Publications: Scientific Publications meet the Web by Andrei Rodin http://project.liquidpub.org/2007/09/23/scientific-publications-meet-the-web/#comment-18 Andrei Rodin Wed, 23 Apr 2008 15:18:39 +0000 http://project.liquidpub.org/2007/09/23/scientific-publications-meet-the-web/#comment-18 What you describe sounds very like what during the last decade mathematicians are doing through arxiv.org. The reason why other scientific communities so far don't follow this excellent example seems me social and political. I mean ways in which academic communities organise themselves around the globe. Think of philosophical communities :) What you describe sounds very like what during the last decade mathematicians are doing through arxiv.org. The reason why other scientific communities so far don’t follow this excellent example seems me social and political. I mean ways in which academic communities organise themselves around the globe. Think of philosophical communities :)

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