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There's been some rolling discussion of how research publishing should work (i.e., might be improved), especially as it relates to Synthetic Biology.
It was decided at the retreat to set up a new publishing group (John, Julius, Drew and Jason) to look into a new mechanism for publishing pages on OWW.


<font color="red">I'd like to propose a BYO working lunch on Thursday '''October 6 from noon to 1:30p''' to discuss current thoughts.</font> <br>
==Announcements==
If this date/time don't work, please suggest another date time (before October 10).
*'''8.7.06: '''Please see [[OpenWetWare:Information management/a model for novel publishing | recent discussion and ideas since retreat]]
*'''8.7.06: '''Please see [[OpenWetWare:publishing group/Reddit idea| details on the reddit idea]]
*'''10.20.07: ''' [http://materialtransfer.org Materialtransfer.org] launched as a user generated information repository for finding, sharing, and reviewing scientific materials.  Self-archive feature allows you to inform the community about your work/materials without losing your rights to publish in journals like Science and JACS.


Please add your name to the list if you will attend.<br>
==Past Meetings==
Please add your ideas/questions below that you would like to discuss.<br>
*[[Publishing Group/Meeting 10-4-05|10/4/05]] <br>
*[[Publishing Group/Meeting 10-6-05|10/6/05]]<br>
*[[Publishing Group/old discussion items and comments]]


Attending:
==Refs==
#[[Drew_Endy | Drew]]
[http://papers.nber.org/papers/W13272 Is peer review in decline?] (study of submissions to economics journals)
#[[Barry Canton|BC]]
#[[Reshma Shetty | Reshma]]
 
Things to discuss:
#Do we need a Synthetic Biology specific journal?
#Does the peer review process, as practiced work?
#Is peer review needed for engineering research articles?
#What features would we like for our papers?  Reader comments?  Reader Wiki?
#How should the structure of a paper be changed to reflect things like, well, the Internets?
#<your question/idea>

Latest revision as of 11:42, 20 October 2007

It was decided at the retreat to set up a new publishing group (John, Julius, Drew and Jason) to look into a new mechanism for publishing pages on OWW.

Announcements

Past Meetings

Refs

Is peer review in decline? (study of submissions to economics journals)