What if all papers become openly accessible?
opinionpublishingInternetopen access(Originally posted on Applied Mecahnics News on 11 March 2006)Of all industries that the community of Applied Mechanics is deeply involved with, none is more in a...
View ArticleSystematization Schemes for Mechanics and Concept Maps
educationopen accessiMechanicaunificationsystematizationconcept maps1. IntroductoryRecently, there has been some active discussion on topics like: -- Open-source textbooks-- Comparing lecture notes--...
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educationopen accessopen source A new AP article appeared today on free access to college's educational materials, particularly spot-lighting the MIT Open Course Ware initiative. Also discussed are...
View Articlecreating a web site and forum for Elsevier journals Editors and Board members
researchopen accessscienceelsevier scandalelseviereditors.org dear Elsevier Editors and boards after I submitted to the Harvard blog imechanica.org "My letter of resignation from the board of...
View ArticleScience 2.0: Great New Tool, or Great Risk?
researchopen accessiMechanicascience 2.0Welcome to a Scientific American experiment in "networked journalism," in which readers—you—get to collaborate with the author to give a story its final form....
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PlosONE publishes secret of Stradivari violins in wood density
researchopen accesscomposite materialsstradivariviolinplosOne Research Article Formal Correction: This article has been formally corrected to address the following errors. Download Article XMLDownload...
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Nobel laureate Sulston argues for open medicine
researchopen accesscorruption in sciencecommercial interestsSulston argues for open medicinehttp://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7490384.stm and listen to audio at...
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Science's Editor in Chief and "Friends" Discuss Peer Review and Journal Impact.
researchopen accessPeer reviewPublishing lobbyScience's Editor in Chief and "Friends" Discuss Peer Review and Journal Impact. (July 4, 2008)Bruce Alberts1, Brooks Hanson2 and Katrina L. Kelner3...
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Wikipedia on peer review --- an excellent article, an example of wikipedia...
opinionopen accessPeer reviewsciencePeer review From Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaJump to: navigation, searchFor Wikipedia's Peer Review area, see Wikipedia:Peer review.For other uses, see Peer...
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Google launches HealthMap and PlosMedicine article -- When a mechanics...
researchGoogleGoogle Scholaropen accessplosOneweb2.0health These type of projects are interesting, when a mechanics-based one? http://www.healthmap.org/en An example of web-based projects Summary...
View ArticleOpen Access journals for Computational Mechanics
In many fields there are excellent choices for publishing open access (even without costing all that much). For computational mechanics that doesn't seem to be the case. Looking through DOAJ I could...
View ArticleCase Studies in Engineering Failure Analysis - New Journal welcoming...
open accessmedicalaerospaceEngineering Failure analysispower generationminingfast publicationciviloil and gaselectricaltransportationprocess and forensic engineering We are very pleased to announce the...
View ArticleWhat are my Open-Access options?
opinionopen accessAs many othes, I find myself in the position that my funding agency mandates some form of parallel publishing (or preferably OpenAccess) (as well as an Open Access policy from my...
View ArticleCase Studies in Fire Safety - First papers published! Freely accessible
researchopen accesssafetyFirejetfanventilationpressurizationsprinkleractivationcase studies in fire safety We are delighted to announce the publication of the first papers in Case Studies in Fire...
View ArticleCase Studies in Engineering
case studiesopen accessAcademiaindustryImmediate, free and permanent access to your paper on ScinceDirect for the community of practicising engineers to read, download and learn fromHigh visibility -...
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