From: Ken Masters <[log in to unmask]> Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2012 08:11:37 +0400 Hi All For example, BMC Medical Education. (I sold them rather short by saying that they make "earlier drafts of papers available" In fact, in addition to earlier drafts, they give the full publication history, including the reviewers' reports (and the reviewers are identified by name)). It strikes me as rather interesting that Elsevier is coming to the party so late on something like this, and then still treading so carefully that they are treating it as a pilot, and couching it in the market-speech of "improving the article value" (hmm - the "added value" bandwagon - which means it will be something else that they can list in order to justify and/or increase their prices). Regards Ken Dr. Ken Masters Asst. Professor: Medical Informatics Medical Education Unit College of Medicine & Health Sciences Sultan Qaboos University Sultanate of Oman E-i-C: The Internet Journal of Medical Education On 10 April 2012 02:33, LIBLICENSE <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > From: Patty Baskin <[log in to unmask]> > Date: Sun, 8 Apr 2012 16:44:20 -0700 > > Which other journals, Ken? > > Patty > > Patricia K Baskin, MS > Executive Editor, Neurology® > Neurology® Editorial Office > American Academy of Neurology > St Paul, MN 55116 > [log in to unmask] > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Ken Masters <[log in to unmask]> > Date: Fri, 6 Apr 2012 18:17:41 +0400 > > Hi All > > One of the advantages is to authors who sometimes have to toe the line > (because reviewers seem to have the final say, and editors appear > loath to cross the reviewers). As a result, things that authors feel > should have been said are removed in order just to get the paper > published. This way, authors can show their original intentions. > > BTW - A few other journals have been making earlier drafts of papers > available for some years already. > > Regards, Ken > > Dr. Ken Masters > Asst. Professor: Medical Informatics > Medical Education Unit > College of Medicine & Health Sciences > Sultan Qaboos University > Sultanate of Oman