[TOS] Peer-Reviewed Open Source Journal

Greg Dekoenigsberg gdk at redhat.com
Thu Mar 12 13:40:58 UTC 2009


On Thu, 12 Mar 2009, Ross Gardler wrote:

> 2009/3/11 Leslie Hawthorn <mebelh at gmail.com>:
>
> ...
>
>> Since our goal is to create a bridge between FOSS and academia, it makes
>> better sense to me to have an editorial board composed of folks who have
>> already bridged it professionally.
>
> +1
>
> This is very important, there are very few people who have the respect
> of both sectors. For any kind of peer reviewed journal to become
> important it must be accepted by both sectors. This means we need to
> use those who are already in that space and are not risking anything
> in their career by spending time on such work.
>
> There are not too many of these folk about, but there are enough.

So does this mean:

1. Starting a new journal?

2. Trying to influence a particular journal?

3. Trying to influence lots of journals?

4. All of the above?

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