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There are many non-tech hurdles; The most significant to me being that the most reputable journals are behind the paywall, and academics is all about reputation
by mcrider 15y ago
There are many non-tech hurdles; The most significant to me being that the most reputable journals are behind the paywall, and academics is all about reputation. My organization, the Public Knowledge Project (http://pkp.sfu.ca http://pkp.sfu.ca), provides all the tools needed for academic publishing, but we're only recently getting some serious traction.
- glimcat 15y agoYes. The obstacles are primarily cultural, not technical. You need to impedance match both simultaneously in order to break in, and ??? to seriously disrupt the entrenched players.
- molsongolden 15y agoHey that is cool that you are with the PKP. I stumbled across your Open Journals project last year. I think I was looking for academic journals covering economics in Nepal and one of the only ones I found was using your system. I was pretty excited about the open journal concept but I agree that prestige and reputation are huge barriers that will be difficult to overcome. The most promising areas might be niche journals covering new areas.