From: David Prosser <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Fri, 27 Jul 2012 00:32:57 +0100

I think I've asked before but how much copyediting does your average
(not Nature or Science, but average) scholarly paper get?

David


On 26 Jul 2012, at 22:43, LIBLICENSE wrote:

> From: Sandy Thatcher <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2012 14:12:48 -0500
>
> And one reason "a repository-based infrastructure would be more
> cost-effective" is that it would forego some quality control that the
> traditional system ensured, such as copyediting. I see no emphasis
> anywhere in the literature on repositories that copyediting is a
> function that needs to be preserved in that infrastructure.  Green OA
> is, in this respect, a less than optimal approach to disseminating
> knowledge, and it is unfair to claim that a repository-based
> infrastructure is more cost-effective when it is so only in part
> because it is content to offer a lower level of service.
>
> Sandy Thatcher