"In science two things are scarce: good experimental data and experts' attention" states scientist Michael Nielsen in Dutch magazine Intermediair.
The article (in Dutch) discusses the tension between the 300 year old mores of journal publications and the open source/open access possibilities enabled by the web. Nielsen is an advocate of open source science. The article reminded me of Eric Raymond's paper 'The Cathedral and the bazaar' that describes the benefits of open source development.
So what to do if you want to make a career in science, but also support the open source movement? Are there any indexed open access journals?
In educational research unfortunately not many journals are available. The Directory of open access & hybrid journals lists 308 peer-reviewd journals under 'social sciences - education', many of them in Spanish. A similar list can be found at AERA. One of the few open access journals in this field with an sci-ranking is Educational Technology and Society (impact factor 0.9).
Additional sources:
- Bas Savenije gives an interesting overview of the movement to open access journals (in Dutch)
- Open access timeline, started by Peter Suber, now a wiki.
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