From owner-chemistry@ccl.net Wed Nov 23 01:33:00 2005
From: "Yao-Ying Chien chieny[]msu.edu" <owner-chemistry#server.ccl.net>
To: CCL
Subject: CCL: CCL and Google Base or Wikipedia, or web-based journals
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Sent to CCL by: Yao-Ying Chien [chieny%msu.edu]
Ivan Tubert-Brohman ivan.tubert-brohman{}yale.edu said the following on 
2005/11/22  08:48p:

>Sent to CCL by: Ivan Tubert-Brohman [ivan.tubert-brohman:yale.edu]
>Bill Ross ross^-^cgl.ucsf.edu wrote:
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>>Sent to CCL by: Bill Ross [ross|a|cgl.ucsf.edu]
>>I would be very hesitant to cite wikipedia because it will change -
>>hopefully for the better - so that in some number of years the
>>citation may not make much sense.
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>That's a non-issue. You can always cite the specific version of the page 
>you are seeing right now, same as any older revision, because all the 
>revisions are archived. This actually makes it more citable than most 
>other websites!
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This is becoming interesting. I have been wondering:
1. to publish, we need to pay
2. to read literatures, we need to pay.

While many of the research articles are funded by government (= public 
money), but they can only be accessed by subscribers. I heard from a 
mathematician that they publish their papers on web-based journals for 
free with peers review.  The readers can add comments on the web-based 
journals, since many eyes are better than 3 pairs. Many of the Fields 
Award receivers support the journals. I am interested in hearing 
discussions in this. For example, is similar trend appearing in 
computational chemistry? All aspects are appreciated.

Thanks,
Yao