[Cnidaria] Corrections to Nando's last statements

[Monty Graham]

Colleagues,

The kernel of Nando's statements are still quite valid. It is the 
author's responsibility to consider the journal's policies on pdf file 
sharing *before* submission. All major publishers and journals have 
dealt with this issue openly, yet there is a great deal of disparity in 
policy.

 If you feel a policy exists that prevents full dissemination of your 
work, look elsewhere.  For most journals, free dissemination of a copy 
of the paper is legitimate (including pdf copies) if the recipient is 
using the copy for academic or scholarly purposes. (FYI...here is 
Elsevier's published policy on the subject 
http://www.elsevier.com/framework_editors/pdfs/waystousearticles.pdf). 
Smart journals and publishers see the trend to all-electronic journals, 
and they accommodate pdf file exchange accordingly.

On the other hand, authors should not expect to be given a pdf version 
of their paper and then be able to freely share the pdf with others. As 
the author, and presumably the one that wishes your work to be cited by 
others, it is wiser to assume the cost of pdf yourself (some do it by 
paying for  OpenAccess) and then be able to distribute the pdf just as 
you would a printed reprint or reprint copy. Its a very interesting era 
for scientific publication.

Regards,
Monty Graham



Horia Galea wrote:
>
> I would like to bring some useful corrections to the wrong 
> statements made by Nando in his last post. In fact, he refers to 
> my report published in Zootaxa 1597: 1-116, 2007. At the moment of its 
> publication, the Editor in Chief sent me, as usually, a PDF file for 
> my personal use. This time, he asked me to not share the PDF with 
> other people (he never did it before or regarding my other papers 
> published in Zootaxa). He simply explained to me that the journal may 
> experience some financial difficulties in the future if they fail to 
> sold the bulk of their publications. I have forwarded to Nando that 
> email, but he is visibly dishonest affirming that I was encouraged to 
> sign a form promising to not share the document. In my humble opinion, 
> this is a very nice example of voluntary distortion of the truth!
>
>  
>
> Incidentally, for Nando's information: Zootaxa considers reports of 
> more than 60 pages as monographs, not as "papers". I thought to detect 
> a slightly contemptuously mark in that word. 
>  
> Horia R. Galea, PhD
> (Paris, France)
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William (Monty) Graham, Ph.D.
Assoc. Professor of Marine Sciences
Dauphin Island Sea Lab & Univ. So. Alabama
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