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I fail to see how that is supposed to be hypocritical. Nature etc. are at present important venues for publication, particularly in this researcher's area. Is

I fail to see how that is supposed to be hypocritical. Nature etc. are at present important venues for publication, particularly in this researcher's area. Is it hypocritical to agitate strenuously for electric cars while driving a gas one if it's not realistic to drive all electric in your situation? This would only be hypocritical if he were criticizing other researchers for publishing in non-open journals. But he's not, at least to my reading. He's urging that they consider other venues. He's only criticizing the government.

zerostar07 15y ago
I didn't call him a hypocrite. Just saying that even the most courageous supporters of science openness cannot escape the tangles of old publishers. Btw his latest nature comment is pretty funny: http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v467/n7314/full/467401d.html http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v467/n7314/full/467401d...
cyrus_ 15y ago
Some open science advocates continue to publish in the top journals out of necessity but refuse to do free peer review for them.