The Open Access Dinosaurs of 2014 - The Integrative Paleontologists

abernard102@gmail.com 2015-01-06

Summary:

"As we enter 2015, it’s a good time to reflect on the state of paleontology and the state of open access. Because I’m a dinosaur paleontologist (my apologies to the other 99% of life that ever lived), this post will of course address that clade in particular! ... Thirty-eight new genera or species of dinosaur were announced in 2014 (according to my count based on a list at Wikipedia and the Dinosaur Genera List), spanning everything from sauropods to tyrannosaurs to horned dinosaurs. Seventeen of these were published in open access or free-to-read journals. This works out to around 45% ..."

Link:

http://blogs.plos.org/paleo/2015/01/05/2014s-open-access-dinosaurs/

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Open Access Tracking Project (OATP) » abernard102@gmail.com

Tags:

oa.new oa.comment oa.paleontology oa.gold oa.gratis oa.boai oa.copyright oa.licensing oa.cc oa.libre oa.journals

Date tagged:

01/06/2015, 09:00

Date published:

01/06/2015, 04:00