Science publishing under Creative Commons

Scientific publications are very selective in choosing what to publish. For a scientist to get their article published in the most established science publications and journals is like winning in the lottery. Publishing your work is difficult, but when you succeed people know that you've written something worthwile.

Which is why the news of a German publishing house Berlin Verlag launching a science publication that works under Creative Commons license is surprising. The service will work on a platform called Berlin Academic, and it will publish in both eBooks, and print-to-order. Beta version is due to launch in the summer.

For a scientist this is a nice way of getting their work noticed, but from quality and trust point of view, it's probably as highly ranked as any advertisment selling link-bait online magazine.

Still, thumbs up for this one. There are plenty of researchers who may have something important to say but don't get their voices heard.

Source: Kauppalehti

 

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