the future and the past

бумажные газеты уже в прошлом, зато появилась туалетная бумага
как токо появился тырь.нет появилось и подозрение, что т.наз научные журналы (бумажные) допивают последнюю песенку, дальше больше как и формат журнала, будущее за блогами и мылом
peer review process длиной в год, характерный для солидных изданий + закрытость/платность наткнёцо таки на хершымерку (имхо)

UK Research Excellence Framework Highlights Quality of PLOS Research

The UK produces a significant percentage of the world’s most influential research, and according to analysis of the UK’s 2014 Research Excellence Framework (REF), scientists in the UK regard their PLOS articles among their best work.

All PLOS articles submitted by universities to the UK REF reflect high-quality output from UK researchers. Papers submitted report substantial insights across a wide range of disciplines, including new understanding of disease processes, clinical insight or important basic scientific research.

Altogether, UK researchers submitted 2,403 unique PLOS articles. PLOS is the only Open Access publisher with a journal, PLOS ONE, to be ranked among the top 10 biomedical science journals by total number of articles submitted. Overall, it was the journal with the second highest number of articles submitted among biomedical science journals.

Editorial Director for PLOS ONE Damian Pattinson says, “Meaningful work is published in many places and the impact of each study cannot be dictated by the title of the journal in which it appears.”

View these widely shared and influential PLOS articles included in the 2014 assessment:

PLOS ONE: Systematic Review of the Empirical Evidence of Study Publication Bias and Outcome Reporting Bias, 2008.Views: 29,895 | Citations: 405  PLOS BIOLOGY: The Fifth Adaptor Protein Complex, 2011.Views: 17,649 | Citations: 86 PLOS MEDICINE: Subtyping of Breast Cancer by Immunohistochemistry to Investigate a Relationship between Subtype and Short and Long Term Survival: A Collaborative Analysis of Data for 10,159 Cases from 12 Studies, 2010. Views: 29,343 | Citations: 192  PLOS COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY: The Origins of Lactase Persistence in Europe, 2009. Views: 49,025 | Citations: 117 PLOS GENETICS: Genome-Wide Association Scan Meta-Analysis Identifies Three Loci Influencing Adiposity and Fat Distribution, 2009.Views: 23,962 | Citations: 250 PLOS NEGLECTED TROPICAL DISEASES: Hookworm-Related Anaemia among Pregnant Women: A Systematic Review, 2008. Views: 23,607 | Citations: 81 PLOS PATHOGENS: The Influence of Host and Bacterial Genotype on the Development of Disseminated Disease with Mycobacterium tuberculosis, 2008. Views: 19,036 | Citations: 192 That so many submissions to the REF were published in Open Access journals, including PLOS journals, shows that UK researchers believe articles they publish in Open Access journals are some of their best work. Read more about the UK REF assessment, results and PLOS journal submissions to the REF.