>From: Bob Leif >To: cyto-inbox >The word is disintermediation. Sorry to digress, but I couldn't resist. Main Entry: dis·in·ter·me·di·a·tion Pronunciation: "di-"sin-t&r-"mE-dE-'A-sh&n Function: noun Date: 1967 : the diversion of savings from accounts with low fixed interest rates to direct investment in high-yielding instruments For a discussion on it's current meaning (and future speculation) see http://www.informationweek.com/794/94uwmh.htm (InformationWeek Online July 10.2000) Marty > Because of the Internet, the value added >by the publishers has greatly diminished. Ultimately, publication will >be via the Web. There is no added value to having the authors move their >figures and tables to the end of the publication and printing color >figures in black and white. We would be better off submitting our >articles as PDF files. > >From my experience with most journals, the publishers have diminished >the use of proof-readers. Cytometry uses both English and American >spellings and sometimes periods as separators for numbers. I am >perfectly happy with either format. It is a publisher’s job to choose >one. > >The extension of Cytometry to Cytomics will dilute the focus of the >journal. This is not a criticism. However, it will result in a decrease >in the proportion of articles that are of direct interest to each >reader. I completely agree with the suggestion of making the articles >available on the Web. However, I believe that ISAC should not totally >give away this potential source of revenue. I presently pay $3.00 for a >patent, which I receive in usually less than five minutes. My >recommendation is that $3.00 is an upper bound on the price of an >article. I would prefer that it be less. ISAC should determine if the >model of The Histochemistry Society is appropriate to our needs. >Reprints of Journal of Histochemistry and Cytochemistry are distributed >through HighWire: http://highwire.stanford.edu/ > >-----Original Message----- >From: Kenneth Ault [mailto:AULTK@mmc.org] >Sent: Friday, May 17, 2002 12:09 PM >To: cyto-inbox >Subject: Re: Publishers and Contracts > >This topic raises an issue that has bothered me for some time. It seems >to me that publishers routinely use the native desire of scientists to >become famous, and the fact that many of us have considerable egos, to >take advantage of us. They ask us to write articles for books, or to >edit books, and pay nothing or a pittance when they are able to make >enough money to make it worthwhile for themselves. I'm not saying that >publishing is anything close to the energy trading business in terms of >profitability, but I do think we are taken advantage of. > >It would be nice (although probably impossible) if the scientific >community could come up with a mechanism to defend ourselves against >this kind of exploitation. Maybe its just my stupidity and poor >negotiating ability, but I'd be interested in the thoughts of others. > >Ken Ault > -- Marty Bigos Director, Flow Core Gladstone Institute of Virology and Immunology Building 3 SFGH Rm 509 415-695-3832
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