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Comment on Chapter Two: Scholarly Communication in Crisis by How much does publishing really cost? The Long Answer. | Savage Minds

How much does publishing really cost? The Long Answer. | Savage Minds — Tue, 12 Jun 2012 03:56:03 +0000

[...] some people would like to know where I get the 42% profit number for Wiley. It’s from Heather Morrison’s dissertation. I haven’t verified it. Share this:TwitterFacebookEmailChristopher Kelty does anthropological [...]

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Scholarly communication « — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 06:25:18 +0000

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Tue, 13 Mar 2012 14:05:04 +0000

[...] of STM (Scientific, Technical and Medical) scholarly publishers. The figures are taken from her in-progress dissertation which in turn cites an article in The Economist. It all checks out. I emphasise this because I [...]

Comment on Open Thesis by Heather Morrison

Heather Morrison — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 23:48:48 +0000

Janneka Adema’s work on experimental approaches to the dissertation is worth checking out – see the link above. Description of her recent presentation from Open Reflections:
This lecture will present a new experimental approach to conducting and performing a PhD dissertation within the (digital) humanities. It describes an experiment in developing a digital, open and collaborative research practice, by exploring the possibility of remix, liquidity and openness in the dissertation’s conduct and format.

Comment: the open, experimental approach to the dissertation seems a natural fit for the SFU School of Communication – students have long been encouraged to share work-in-progress.

Comment on Open Thesis by Practice what you preach. Engaging in Humanities research through critical praxis « OPEN REFLECTIONS

Sun, 29 Jan 2012 23:19:25 +0000

[...] in ‘open research’. One example is communication theorist and librarian Heather Morrison, who posts her dissertation chapters as they evolve online and English student Alex Gil, who is putting his [...]

Comment on Chapter Two: Scholarly Communication in Crisis by Wiley wins! And we lose… | of sciences to come

Wiley wins! And we lose… | of sciences to come — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 23:00:56 +0000

Comment: thanks for the comment, and welcome to the blogosphere, Mike Fortun of of sciences to come!

Comment on Chapter Two: Scholarly Communication in Crisis by Heather Morrison

Heather Morrison — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 21:39:37 +0000

Thanks for this post. I hadn’t heard about Elsevier changing the words of authors after copyediting before. This is most concerning.

Changing “for fuck’s sake” to “for God’s sake”, depending on the details, could reflect one or more of the following:
censorship (a given)
violation of intellectual freedom
violation of academic freedom
violation of religious freedom
blasphemy
violation of research ethics (if “for fuck’s sake”) is a quote from a research subject
a compromise of academic integrity introducing false conclusions

If this seems a bit much, consider one potential location situation from here in British Columbia. Many First Nations peoples are recovering from an abusive residential school system, and as a result often have strong feelings about the Christian religion. In such a situation, replacing “for fuck’s sake” with “for God’s sake” could well be a violation of research ethics, if the participant were one who would feel strongly that they would never use a phrase. This would also violate academic integrity, as readers might come to the incorrect conclusion that participants such as this would use this kind of phrasing.

If the phrase is meant to convey the author’s own perspective, then changing “for fuck’s sake” to “for God’s sake” might be considered to portray the author as either religious or blasphemous, depending on the reader’s perspective.

I would be interested to know Elsevier’s policy on such changing of wording without consulting with authors, and I encourage you to demand an apology, retraction and correction from Elsevier.

Comment on Open Thesis by Academic Publishing, Libraries, and What Not « trinketization

Academic Publishing, Libraries, and What Not « trinketization — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 15:08:16 +0000

[...] First up, a thesis that sets the scene (from Canada, but international in scope) – by Heather Morrison [...]

Comment on Chapter Two: Scholarly Communication in Crisis by Cut Flesh from the Bone – big publishing profits « trinketization

Cut Flesh from the Bone – big publishing profits « trinketization — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 13:34:03 +0000

Comment on Confirming the Wellcome Trust’s predictions about open access article processing fees by Scientific and Academic publishing | Neurobonkers.com

Scientific and Academic publishing | Neurobonkers.com — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 08:34:03 +0000

[...] in the world’s largest engineering journal). Even open access publishers charge hefty fees, BioMedCentral’s fee of $1,640 is described as average, even PLoS charge $1,300 to $2,900 to publi…. Surely a happy medium can be found, unfortunately for “Scientific & Academic Publishing, [...]