[Discuss] open hardware journal
J. Simmons
jrs at mach30.org
Sat Jan 4 21:36:22 UTC 2014
Alicia, et al,
Just want to echo Mach 30's support for an OSHWA sponsored Open Hardware
Journal. Our board and volunteers have several times identified this as a
need in our work and likely in the larger community's work as well. Please
let us know if there is anything we can do to assist with getting this
project off the ground.
-J
On Fri, Jan 3, 2014 at 3:41 PM, Joshua Pearce <professor.pearce at gmail.com>wrote:
> Hi Alicia et al.,
>
> I think an OSHWA sponsored Open Hardware Journal is a really good idea. My
> group and I would almost certainly use it -- as it is very difficult to
> find a good home for this type of work in the literature as it usually gets
> lost in the specialty journals, which for the most part are painfully slow
> (e.g. the article on the OS recyclebot we published last year sat at the
> journal of Rapid Prototyping for 2 years before it made it to print.)
>
> The ideal journal would have 1) rapid peer review, 2) open access, 3) no
> publication charges and 4) a high impact factor. The problem is most
> journals you have to choose only a subset of the 4. For example, I like
> PLOS One, which has 1, 2, and 4 but not 3. The big established journals
> normally enable you to get in that same boat paying ~$2k in open access
> fees. New journals may have 1,2, and 3 but not 4.
>
> It is pretty easy to start a new journal -- you can set one up in an
> afternoon with the OJS system. http://pkp.sfu.ca/ojs/ Even running a
> journal completely on email is doable until you get large - which is how we
> ran IJSLE in the beginning. The hard part - and what you need to be
> successful - is to do enough marketing to get a critical mass of solid
> manuscripts in print - so that you can get on the Impact Factor list.This is several years of effort and a substantial time commitment of
> dedicated volunteers to make it happen. IJSLE only covers service learning
> in engineering and developing the critical mass was a huge challenge-- but
> open hardware as a field is much broader so you have a better shot.
>
> I can't stress how important the impact factor is to recruit young faculty
> into the field. If they get credit toward tenure at the most competitive
> institutions for developing open hardware we could get a lot more help and
> much faster development in the public sphere than we are seeing now.
>
> The other avenue you may want to pursue is partnering with one of the big
> groups e.g. PLOS, IEEE, ASME AIP, etc. to offer the journal through them -
> if OSHWA agrees to handle the editing/reviewing duties they may let you use
> their software and servers for free. They can then help leverage it into
> Thomson's list.
>
> Best regards
> Joshua
>
> Joshua M. Pearce, Ph.D.
> Associate Professor
> The Michigan Tech Open Sustainability Technology Lab<http://www.appropedia.org/Category:MOST>
> Department of Materials Science & Engineering
> Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering
> Michigan Technological University
> 601 M&M Building
> 1400 Townsend Drive
> Houghton, MI 49931-1295
> 906-487-1466
>
> Open Source Lab <http://store.elsevier.com/coArticle.jsp?pageid=18200010>
>
>
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>> Date: Fri, 3 Jan 2014 12:10:36 -0700
>> From: alicia <amgibb at gmail.com>
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>> Thanks for posting this thread. It is indeed frustrating that research
>> (including publicly funded research) is so hard to access.
>> There's the Open Research Network soon to be publishing journals:
>> http://www.openresearchnetwork.org/
>>
>> A few of us at OSHWA have been wondering if OSHWA should attempt to create
>> an open access journal on open hardware, or if our time would be better
>> spent submitting to one of the other open access journals. Would love to
>> hear the community's thoughts on that.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Alicia
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Jan 1, 2014 at 8:30 PM, malcolm stanley <
>> a.malcolm.stanley at gmail.com
>> > wrote:
>>
>> > Harris, thanks for that... I'm still in discovery phase and gathering
>> > citations, so I don't have a good list I could give you... and that is
>> > part of the challenge, right, that research is an iterative process
>> until
>> > you understand its boundary with development?
>> >
>> > but good feedback, thanks!
>> >
>> > _________________________________________
>> > malcolm stanley
>> >
>> > google.voice: 215.821.6252
>> > Cell: 267.251.9479 <------------- new
>> > email: a.malcolm.stanley at gmail.com
>> > twitter / linkedin: amstanley
>> > Read my blog at http://soaringhorse.blogspot.com
>> > _________________________________________
>> >
>> >
>> > On Tue, Dec 31, 2013 at 12:51 PM, Harris Kyriakou <ckyriako at stevens.edu
>> >wrote:
>> >
>> >> Another idea is to search at the websites of the authors. Many of them
>> >> unofficially share their published papers.
>> >> As a more temporary solution and if you have have a specific list of
>> >> papers you are interested in, I will be more than glad to help you get
>> >> access.
>> >>
>> >> Best,
>> >> Harris
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> On Tue, Dec 31, 2013 at 11:39 AM, Tiberius Brastaviceanu <
>> >> tiberius.brastaviceanu at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >>
>> >>> Option 3 is very effective if you are part of a network containing
>> >>> individuals affiliated with academic institutions. We use it a lot in
>> >>> SENSORICA.
>> >>> On Dec 31, 2013 9:01 AM, "Joshua Pearce" <professor.pearce at gmail.com>
>> >>> wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>>> Hi Malcom,
>> >>>>
>> >>>> You have hit on a major problem in academia - lack of basic access
>> to
>> >>>> past research. Even publicly funded research is often behind absurd
>> pay
>> >>>> walls. You are not alone -- even relatively good academic libraries
>> rarely
>> >>>> carry all of the titles. I can't get access to some of my own work
>> without
>> >>>> paying $50/paper. Many academics share your frustration and the open
>> access
>> >>>> movement in academia is growing strong. I am confident that in the
>> near
>> >>>> future everything will be freely available - all federal funded
>> research in
>> >>>> the US is about to go that way following the NIH model....and OSH
>> will be
>> >>>> next :)
>> >>>>
>> >>>> That doesn't help you with your project today - so I have a few
>> >>>> recommendations:
>> >>>> 1. Look in the open access repositories where we post our preprints
>> >>>> such as
>> >>>> https://www.academia.edu/
>> >>>> https://www.researchgate.net/
>> >>>> http://arxiv.org/
>> >>>> even a simple http://scholar.google.com/ searches for the articles
>> >>>> that you are interested in sometimes turn up free versions
>> >>>> 2. If you can at least get to the abstract page on the paid page -
>> you
>> >>>> should be able to get the email of the contact author. If you email
>> the
>> >>>> author, ask for a copy while saying something nice and that you
>> "want to
>> >>>> read it in order to cite it"....that should work 90% of the time.
>> >>>> 3. Make an academic friend in the field that would be willing to
>> share
>> >>>> their personal database with you (e.g. Zotero, Mendeley etc) so that
>> you
>> >>>> can get you most everything else.
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Best of luck
>> >>>> Joshua
>> >>>>
>> >>>> --
>> >>>> Joshua M. Pearce, Ph.D.
>> >>>> Associate Professor
>> >>>> The Michigan Tech Open Sustainability Technology Lab<
>> http://www.appropedia.org/Category:MOST>
>> >>>> Department of Materials Science & Engineering
>> >>>> Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering
>> >>>> Michigan Technological University
>> >>>> 601 M&M Building
>> >>>> 1400 Townsend Drive
>> >>>> Houghton, MI 49931-1295
>> >>>> 906-487-1466
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Open Source Lab<
>> http://store.elsevier.com/coArticle.jsp?pageid=18200010>
>> >>>>
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>> From: alicia <amgibb at gmail.com>
>> To: The Open Source Hardware Association Discussion List
>> <discuss at lists.oshwa.org>
>> Subject: Re: [Discuss] Access to Academic Articles
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>> Thanks for posting this thread. It is indeed frustrating that research
>> (including publicly funded research) is so hard to access.
>> There's the Open Research Network soon to be publishing journals:
>> http://www.openresearchnetwork.org/
>>
>> A few of us at OSHWA have been wondering if OSHWA should attempt to create
>> an open access journal on open hardware, or if our time would be better
>> spent submitting to one of the other open access journals. Would love to
>> hear the community's thoughts on that.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Alicia
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Jan 1, 2014 at 8:30 PM, malcolm stanley <
>> a.malcolm.stanley at gmail.com
>> > wrote:
>>
>> > Harris, thanks for that... I'm still in discovery phase and gathering
>> > citations, so I don't have a good list I could give you... and that is
>> > part of the challenge, right, that research is an iterative process
>> until
>> > you understand its boundary with development?
>> >
>> > but good feedback, thanks!
>> >
>> > _________________________________________
>> > malcolm stanley
>> >
>> > google.voice: 215.821.6252
>> > Cell: 267.251.9479 <------------- new
>> > email: a.malcolm.stanley at gmail.com
>> > twitter / linkedin: amstanley
>> > Read my blog at http://soaringhorse.blogspot.com
>> > _________________________________________
>> >
>> >
>> > On Tue, Dec 31, 2013 at 12:51 PM, Harris Kyriakou <ckyriako at stevens.edu
>> >wrote:
>> >
>> >> Another idea is to search at the websites of the authors. Many of them
>> >> unofficially share their published papers.
>> >> As a more temporary solution and if you have have a specific list of
>> >> papers you are interested in, I will be more than glad to help you get
>> >> access.
>> >>
>> >> Best,
>> >> Harris
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> On Tue, Dec 31, 2013 at 11:39 AM, Tiberius Brastaviceanu <
>> >> tiberius.brastaviceanu at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >>
>> >>> Option 3 is very effective if you are part of a network containing
>> >>> individuals affiliated with academic institutions. We use it a lot in
>> >>> SENSORICA.
>> >>> On Dec 31, 2013 9:01 AM, "Joshua Pearce" <professor.pearce at gmail.com>
>> >>> wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>>> Hi Malcom,
>> >>>>
>> >>>> You have hit on a major problem in academia - lack of basic access
>> to
>> >>>> past research. Even publicly funded research is often behind absurd
>> pay
>> >>>> walls. You are not alone -- even relatively good academic libraries
>> rarely
>> >>>> carry all of the titles. I can't get access to some of my own work
>> without
>> >>>> paying $50/paper. Many academics share your frustration and the open
>> access
>> >>>> movement in academia is growing strong. I am confident that in the
>> near
>> >>>> future everything will be freely available - all federal funded
>> research in
>> >>>> the US is about to go that way following the NIH model....and OSH
>> will be
>> >>>> next :)
>> >>>>
>> >>>> That doesn't help you with your project today - so I have a few
>> >>>> recommendations:
>> >>>> 1. Look in the open access repositories where we post our preprints
>> >>>> such as
>> >>>> https://www.academia.edu/
>> >>>> https://www.researchgate.net/
>> >>>> http://arxiv.org/
>> >>>> even a simple http://scholar.google.com/ searches for the articles
>> >>>> that you are interested in sometimes turn up free versions
>> >>>> 2. If you can at least get to the abstract page on the paid page -
>> you
>> >>>> should be able to get the email of the contact author. If you email
>> the
>> >>>> author, ask for a copy while saying something nice and that you
>> "want to
>> >>>> read it in order to cite it"....that should work 90% of the time.
>> >>>> 3. Make an academic friend in the field that would be willing to
>> share
>> >>>> their personal database with you (e.g. Zotero, Mendeley etc) so that
>> you
>> >>>> can get you most everything else.
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Best of luck
>> >>>> Joshua
>> >>>>
>> >>>> --
>> >>>> Joshua M. Pearce, Ph.D.
>> >>>> Associate Professor
>> >>>> The Michigan Tech Open Sustainability Technology Lab<
>> http://www.appropedia.org/Category:MOST>
>> >>>> Department of Materials Science & Engineering
>> >>>> Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering
>> >>>> Michigan Technological University
>> >>>> 601 M&M Building
>> >>>> 1400 Townsend Drive
>> >>>> Houghton, MI 49931-1295
>> >>>> 906-487-1466
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Open Source Lab<
>> http://store.elsevier.com/coArticle.jsp?pageid=18200010>
>> >>>>
>> >>>> _______________________________________________
>> >>>> discuss mailing list
>> >>>> discuss at lists.oshwa.org
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>> From: Matt Dexter <mhldexter at gmail.com>
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>> Hello Alicia & all,
>>
>> An Open Hardware (open access) journal would be very welcome indeed- I
>> have been fortunate in that the peer-reviewed conferences that I have
>> submitted to are open access (e.g. The European Academy of Design. See
>> craftingthefuture.se for last year's papers), although the opportunity
>> to publish 'in the open' would definitely be something to consider!
>>
>> After all, if I were to blind-review a paper for a 'regular' journal, I
>> wouldn't expect payment as reviewer- how much better to be reviewing a
>> paper in the knowledge that the publication will be available to the whole
>> community.
>>
>> Great suggestion- I'd be well up for getting involved!
>>
>> Matt Dexter
>>
>> Designer & Researcher
>> Open source & Medical
>> Sheffield, UK
>>
>> > On 3 Jan 2014, at 19:10, alicia <amgibb at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >
>> > Thanks for posting this thread. It is indeed frustrating that research
>> (including publicly funded research) is so hard to access.
>> > There's the Open Research Network soon to be publishing journals:
>> > http://www.openresearchnetwork.org/
>> >
>> > A few of us at OSHWA have been wondering if OSHWA should attempt to
>> create an open access journal on open hardware, or if our time would be
>> better spent submitting to one of the other open access journals. Would
>> love to hear the community's thoughts on that.
>> >
>> > Cheers,
>> > Alicia
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >> On Wed, Jan 1, 2014 at 8:30 PM, malcolm stanley <
>> a.malcolm.stanley at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >> Harris, thanks for that... I'm still in discovery phase and gathering
>> citations, so I don't have a good list I could give you... and that is
>> part of the challenge, right, that research is an iterative process until
>> you understand its boundary with development?
>> >>
>> >> but good feedback, thanks!
>> >>
>> >> _________________________________________
>> >> malcolm stanley
>> >>
>> >> google.voice: 215.821.6252
>> >> Cell: 267.251.9479 <------------- new
>> >> email: a.malcolm.stanley at gmail.com
>> >> twitter / linkedin: amstanley
>> >> Read my blog at http://soaringhorse.blogspot.com
>> >> _________________________________________
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>> On Tue, Dec 31, 2013 at 12:51 PM, Harris Kyriakou <
>> ckyriako at stevens.edu> wrote:
>> >>> Another idea is to search at the websites of the authors. Many of
>> them unofficially share their published papers.
>> >>> As a more temporary solution and if you have have a specific list of
>> papers you are interested in, I will be more than glad to help you get
>> access.
>> >>>
>> >>> Best,
>> >>> Harris
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>> On Tue, Dec 31, 2013 at 11:39 AM, Tiberius Brastaviceanu <
>> tiberius.brastaviceanu at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >>>> Option 3 is very effective if you are part of a network containing
>> individuals affiliated with academic institutions. We use it a lot in
>> SENSORICA.
>> >>>>
>> >>>>> On Dec 31, 2013 9:01 AM, "Joshua Pearce" <
>> professor.pearce at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >>>>> Hi Malcom,
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> You have hit on a major problem in academia - lack of basic access
>> to past research. Even publicly funded research is often behind absurd pay
>> walls. You are not alone -- even relatively good academic libraries rarely
>> carry all of the titles. I can't get access to some of my own work without
>> paying $50/paper. Many academics share your frustration and the open access
>> movement in academia is growing strong. I am confident that in the near
>> future everything will be freely available - all federal funded research in
>> the US is about to go that way following the NIH model....and OSH will be
>> next :)
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> That doesn't help you with your project today - so I have a few
>> recommendations:
>> >>>>> 1. Look in the open access repositories where we post our preprints
>> such as
>> >>>>> https://www.academia.edu/
>> >>>>> https://www.researchgate.net/
>> >>>>> http://arxiv.org/
>> >>>>> even a simple http://scholar.google.com/ searches for the
>> articles that you are interested in sometimes turn up free versions
>> >>>>> 2. If you can at least get to the abstract page on the paid page -
>> you should be able to get the email of the contact author. If you email the
>> author, ask for a copy while saying something nice and that you "want to
>> read it in order to cite it"....that should work 90% of the time.
>> >>>>> 3. Make an academic friend in the field that would be willing to
>> share their personal database with you (e.g. Zotero, Mendeley etc) so that
>> you can get you most everything else.
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> Best of luck
>> >>>>> Joshua
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> --
>> >>>>> Joshua M. Pearce, Ph.D.
>> >>>>> Associate Professor
>> >>>>> The Michigan Tech Open Sustainability Technology Lab
>> >>>>> Department of Materials Science & Engineering
>> >>>>> Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering
>> >>>>> Michigan Technological University
>> >>>>> 601 M&M Building
>> >>>>> 1400 Townsend Drive
>> >>>>> Houghton, MI 49931-1295
>> >>>>> 906-487-1466
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> Open Source Lab
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> _______________________________________________
>> >>>>> discuss mailing list
>> >>>>> discuss at lists.oshwa.org
>> >>>>> http://lists.oshwa.org/listinfo/discuss
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