iJournals

Posted by in Health on 08 29th, 2006 | no responses

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As the world has changed so dramatically with the Net, I find it unlucky that contemporary scientific journals have lagged behind. Still, in that day of instant real-time blogs and transoceanic e-conferences, why do journals still insist on publishing articles 6 to 12 months after submission, using the old journal format with limited academic access?

In my experience researching subjects for WebMD’s Men’s Health and Male Fertility notice boards, I often find an composition that I would like to read. duration and again, when I go on the journal, I find that to read that one editorial for educational objectives, I must pay 10 to 12 dollars or increasingly.

And that for a journal that only costs $100 for an entire year of monthly publications! I can understand paying for the cost of printing and distribution of entire journals, but to buy a loner exposition? It’s not that online instant access academic journals don’t exist. They do, with a rapid peer

review and publication. But they are few and far amidst.

Isn’t it duration that the main academic and scientific societies insist that their journals be made available online to all that seek the knowledge? Or do the journals exist primarily to generate a profit for publishing houses, with the spread of scientific knowledge a secondary purpose?

If the goal truly is timely and accurate dissemination of cutting-edge academic knowledge, next the ancient concept of a written published journal should be phased out as soon as possible.

Let me see whether I understand that. I can pay 99 cents to download a song, yet it costs approximately $12 for an scoop. Perhaps the reply is to arrange for someone to sing each journal write-up. next I can save $11, paying only the 99 cents for the spread with, I hope, a catchy tune.

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