Comments on: Is scientific publishing about to be disrupted?

By: Open Access: a short summary | Michael Nielsen

Open Access: a short summary | Michael Nielsen — Sun, 30 Oct 2011 15:40:44 +0000

[...] written about this in the following essay: Is Scientific Publishing About to be Disrupted? Many of those ideas are developed in much greater depth in my book on open science, Reinventing [...]

By: Is Everything Disruptive? Not So Fast! | The Passive Voice

Is Everything Disruptive? Not So Fast! | The Passive Voice — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 13:17:25 +0000

[...] not the Open Road founder), she referred me to an older post by Michael Nielsen, Is scientific publishing about to be disrupted?, wherein he made a number of interesting points, including this one: The money and power that come [...]

By: By Michael Nielsen: A good example is the popular technology blog TechCrunch, by most measures one of the top 100 blogs in the world. Started by Michael Arrington in 2005, TechCrunch has rapidly grown, and now employs a large staff. Part of the reason it�

Wed, 12 Oct 2011 12:55:05 +0000

[...] Tim O’Reilly. Jun 30th, 2009 by Martin Kelley. // nRelate.domain = "www.quakerranter.org"; //How disruptive technologies disrupt (why newspapers are screwed) /**/ Share this:EmailFacebookPosted in: misc. Tagged: disruptive · nytimes · tech [...]

By: Future Ready: The Pace of Change for Technology and Culture | Future Ready 365

Fri, 16 Sep 2011 18:10:46 +0000

[...] are many people who say radical transformation of scholarly publishing is ahead. Cameron Neylon and Michael Nielsen and span style=”color: #0000ff;”>>Ingmar Mewburn and span style=”color: [...]

By: Quora

Quora — Fri, 29 Jul 2011 12:29:08 +0000

Is Wikipedia being disrupted?…

It pains me to say this. I love Wikipedia as much as the next person. Probably like most people, I’m mainly a reader, and I always wanted to contribute sometime in the future. Around 6 months ago, I started trying to contribute in earnest, making a fe…

By: Mietchen, Pampel & Heller: Criteria for the Journal of the Future « beyondthejournal.net

Mon, 20 Jun 2011 19:09:29 +0000

[...] whereas blog posts like “Is scientific publishing about to be disrupted?” by Michael Nielsen (2009) received a lot of [...]

By: Quora

Quora — Sat, 11 Jun 2011 11:45:24 +0000

Wikipedia is being disrupted…

It pains me to say this. I love Wikipedia as much as the next guy. Probably like most people, I’m mainly a reader, and I always wanted to contribute sometime in the future. Around 6 months ago, I started trying to contribute in earnest, making a few e…

By: IHS Shows Where STM Value Goes | Blogos

IHS Shows Where STM Value Goes | Blogos — Wed, 18 May 2011 16:20:30 +0000

[...] by Michael Nielsen’s blog post about disruption of scientific publishing and value migration away from publishing companies, in [...]

By: An Interview With Jane Friedman About “The Future Of Publishing: The Enigma Project” E-book

Fri, 01 Apr 2011 04:36:32 +0000

[...] Jane Friedman: Frankly, I haven’t seen any demographic that is adapting more quickly or more easily than others. Part of the problem is that anyone working at a “legacy” publisher or agency is tied into working for and saving (to some extent) that legacy structure and business. They’re not positioned well to adapt while working within the demands of that business. People who are able to work outside of it, with models that aren’t dependent on keeping legacy profit margins and revenue models intact, will have an easier time adapting. Read this post that explains the big-picture theory behind this; it’s brilliant. [...]

By: Quora

Quora — Sat, 08 Jan 2011 15:32:47 +0000

Are scholarly journals outdated? If so, what should replace them?…

Yes. Moreover, charging for access to publicly funded science is immoral and hopefully will one day be illegal. The future of article publishing is repositories like the Arxiv (http://arxiv.org/) and Nature Preceedings (http://precedings.nature.com/), …