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Category: Ecology

  • ESA moves to Wiley and predictably there are problems already

    TL;DR summary: ESA data papers should be free to read but Wiley (ESA’s new publishing ‘partner’) just charged me $45.60 yesterday to access one of them. They have done this kind of ‘accidental’ profit-generation before, as have other big publishers. John Wiley & Sons (whom I will refer to as ‘Wiley’ from now on) is not…

  • When is an ‘extinct’ plant actually extinct?

    I’ve written 29 blog posts this year! Still time for one more… This work relates to my new postdoc at the University of Cambridge in Sam Brockington’s group. I’ve been closely examining IUCN RedList data for plant taxa and found some rather odd things. Out of the 100 or so plant species that the IUCN…

  • I’m saying NO to Wiley

    [Update 2015-09-19: since writing this, I notice my open access article has now been unpaywalled at Wiley’s site. No-one from Wiley has reached out to me to explain how, why, or when this happened. No compensation has been offered, nor any apology. I note that all the other articles in the special section, which should also…

  • Advice for journal-publishing academic societies

    I read some sad news on Twitter recently. The Ecological Society of America has decided to publish its journals with Wiley: ESA journals move to new publishing partner, John Wiley & Sons. Tough decision, tho. Ecotrack will fade away & I can't say I will miss it. — Scott L Collins (@ESA_Prez2013) July 30, 2015…

  • The Ecological Society of America wants ‘input’ on Open Access

    The Ecological Society of America (ESA) would like your input on how to expand access to their publications and what they should do if *gasp* the USA also mandates some form of public or open access …like the rest of the world seems to be doing at the moment. The official call is here in this…