Re: [Air-L] open-access is the future: boycott locked-down academic journals

We're still talking about open-source journals that would utilize some sort of reader rating system to make editorial decisions, right? Why would powerful academics leave the current set of journals, over which they have total editorial control, for journals over which they would have considerably less control, considering that journal article publication is the main source of academic capital for most scholars? No one ever gives up power willingly. On Feb 8, 2008, at 4:25 PM, Jimmy Wales wrote:

So yes, I agree: luring big names is part of what has to be done. I just don't find that particularly daunting.