Why is the price to publish so high? Is it to limit fraudulent papers
and make sure the work is fully polished?
On Fri, Dec 30, 2011 at 11:09 AM, Alex Hoekstra <alex.gmu@gmail.com> wrote:
> =) I'm in.
> I believe I met you at Maker Faire in Detroit this past summer - it
> all looked great. Neuroscience isn't exactly my thing, Open and
> Independent Science is.
>
> I'm in for $1.00 so far, with every possibility to up that pledge when
> the deadline draws near.
>
> Best of luck. I'll do what I can to spread the word.
>
> On Dec 29, 1:43 pm, "Tim @ Backyard Brains" <t...@backyardbrains.com>
> wrote:
>> Hello fellow Biologists,
>> Over the past year my colleague Greg and I have been working on a
>> manuscript describing the development and educational use of our
>> neuroscience hardware ("The SpikerBox"). Since we want teachers and
>> amateurs to have access to the article, it is critical that we publish
>> in an open-access journal. We ultimately decided on PLoS One, and
>> after a few rounds of review over the past 6 months, we found out two
>> days ago our work was accepted!
>>
>> We are now trying a new experiment. Our hardware/software is open-
>> source, our journal is open-access, so why not "crowd-source" the
>> publication and get the public more involved in the scientific
>> publication process? PLoS One charges $1350 for publication, so we
>> have started a kickstarter fund (deadline in 13 days) to raise the
>> money. Contributors, regardless of level, will be included in the
>> paper's acknowledgements.
>>
>> http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2067585958/backyard-brains-operat...
>>
>> I know PLoS One offers waivers, but it's not really about being able
>> to afford it or not (I really don't want PLoS One to just swallow the
>> cost, as they have to keep lights on too). We'd like to set a
>> precedent where the community, if they are interested in a project,
>> can help fund a project's dissemination and publication. My teacher
>> colleagues have asked about this, and as you all know, the number of
>> open access journals is still pretty limited. Let's see if this works,
>> to the NeuroRevolution!
>>
>> Tim
>> co-founder,
>> Backyard Brains
>
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