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or...Britney Spears sings the classic: "Degradation of Sperm Mitochondria"
As the world has changed so dramatically with the internet, I find it unfortunate that modern scientific journals have lagged behind. Still, in this day of instant real-time blogs and transoceanic e-conferences, why do journals still insist on publishing articles 6 to 12 months after submission, using the old journal format with limited academic access?
In my experience researching subjects for WebMD's Men's Health and Male Fertility message boards, I often find an article that I would like to read. Time and again, when I click on the journal, I find that to read this one article for educational purposes, I must pay 10 to 12 dollars or more.
And this for a journal that only costs $100 for an entire year of monthly publications! I can understand paying for the cost of printing and distribution of entire journals, but to buy a single article? It's not that online instant access academic journals don’t exist. They do, with a rapid peer review and publication. But they are few and far between.
Isn't it time that the leading academic and scientific societies insist that their journals be made available online to all that seek the knowledge? Or do the journals exist primarily to generate a profit for publishing houses, with the spread of scientific knowledge a secondary purpose?
If the goal truly is timely and accurate dissemination of cutting-edge academic knowledge, then the ancient concept of a written published journal should be phased out as soon as possible.
Let me see if I understand this. I can pay 99 cents to download a song, yet it costs about $12 for an article. Perhaps the answer is to arrange for someone to sing each journal article. Then I can save $11, paying only the 99 cents for the article with, I hope, a catchy tune.
Related Topics: Medscape: Journals & Reference, Health Week in Review
Technorati Tags: medical journals, e-medicine
As the world has changed so dramatically with the internet, I find it unfortunate that modern scientific journals have lagged behind. Still, in this day of instant real-time blogs and transoceanic e-conferences, why do journals still insist on publishing articles 6 to 12 months after submission, using the old journal format with limited academic access?
In my experience researching subjects for WebMD's Men's Health and Male Fertility message boards, I often find an article that I would like to read. Time and again, when I click on the journal, I find that to read this one article for educational purposes, I must pay 10 to 12 dollars or more.
And this for a journal that only costs $100 for an entire year of monthly publications! I can understand paying for the cost of printing and distribution of entire journals, but to buy a single article? It's not that online instant access academic journals don’t exist. They do, with a rapid peer review and publication. But they are few and far between.
Isn't it time that the leading academic and scientific societies insist that their journals be made available online to all that seek the knowledge? Or do the journals exist primarily to generate a profit for publishing houses, with the spread of scientific knowledge a secondary purpose?
If the goal truly is timely and accurate dissemination of cutting-edge academic knowledge, then the ancient concept of a written published journal should be phased out as soon as possible.
Let me see if I understand this. I can pay 99 cents to download a song, yet it costs about $12 for an article. Perhaps the answer is to arrange for someone to sing each journal article. Then I can save $11, paying only the 99 cents for the article with, I hope, a catchy tune.
Related Topics: Medscape: Journals & Reference, Health Week in Review
Technorati Tags: medical journals, e-medicine
4 Comments:
Ever since I was young, i have had what looks like to be ingrown pimples on my sctroum and they will not go away and I am afraid that my girlfriend will see that as a turnoff. What I am most concerned about is what this is on my scrotum. It wont pop and sometimes it hurts. What is it?
I have the exact same problem as the person above me...
They don't hurt, they're just there. They go away after a while, but new ones form. What is this?
To the anonymous posters above, only a direct examination by your doctors can reveal a diagnosis.
i have the same problem but worse. it started out as just a bunch of little pimples but i would pop them when i would poop. and one got really irritated and infected and i once poped it and the puss from inside shot out and sprayed the roof on my bathroom. i was amazed. ever since then that pimple i poped became a giant pea sized pimple that i cant pop. sooo to all you guys with little pimples all over your ballsack at least you dont have a bunch of little pimples and a giant puss pocket thing.. its disgusting i wont even let my girlfriends see my balls. and i got lumps on my testicals too. stop whining
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