[Journal] Peer review concept

Wed May 16 17:35:35 EDT 2007

Thanks a lot for getting the discussion going Dan.  I know several  
people are excited about this idea, where our journal could fill the  
gap for those needing publication opportunities.  When you get your  
summary of the idea drafted up, let us know so we can debate/discuss  
it further.  Then I'd be happy to see you lead the effort.

Tyler

On 16-May-07, at 1:41 PM, Daniel Ames wrote:

> Hey Landon and others, thanks for the good discussion points. I guess
> this topic should probably move to the newsletter discussion list, but
> I wanted to mention here that I totally agree that this shouldn't be
> just an academic issue. Rather it could be a great way for lots of
> kinds of FOSS4G research and development work that needs a publication
> outlet - from anyone regardless of affiliation. I told Tyler a few
> weeks ago that I'd put together a draft summary of the idea including
> scope, approach, etc. So I'll take a shot at this and notify the
> newsletter list when its up on the wiki somewhere. Thanks all. - Dan
>
> On 5/16/07, Landon Blake <lblake at ksninc.com> wrote:
>> Dan,
>>
>> This is a very interesting idea. I am curious about how would we  
>> decide the
>> qualifications of the article reviewers, or on those submitting,
>> "scientific" articles to the OSGeo Journal.
>>
>> I'm loathe to impose the restrictions of university education on
>> participation in the OSGeo Journal at any level. I believe there a  
>> lot of
>> individuals involved in geospatial technology at an every day,  
>> hands on, and
>> "dirty" level. I believe the availability of open source code in the
>> geospatial arena is part of what makes this possible. I think a  
>> lot of
>> people become involved in open source GIS as only a minor part of  
>> what they
>> do. I don't want to isolate those types of individuals.
>>
>> As an example, I have no university degree, but I consider myself  
>> an active
>> participant in open source geospatial technology. This is despite  
>> the fact
>> that it plays only a minor role in my day job.
>>
>> I think of our goals with the journal is to appeal to a broad  
>> audience. My
>> only concern with this idea is that the OSGeo Journal would become a
>> publication that was exclusive to those from Academia. There is a  
>> lot of
>> great work being done in the trenches.
>>
>> As long as we are flexible about who we allow to contribute and  
>> review
>> articles I would support this idea.
>>
>> Landon (A.K.A. The Sunburned Surveyor)
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: discuss-bounces at lists.osgeo.org
>> [mailto:discuss-bounces at lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of Daniel Ames
>> Sent: Wednesday, May 16, 2007 11:13 AM
>> To: OSGeo Discussions
>> Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] OSGeo Journal Now Available
>>
>> This may be a good time to mention a thread that Tyler and I  
>> discussed
>> a month ago with respect to the OSGeo Journal.
>>
>> I suggested that we explore the option of having 2-4 peer reviewed
>> science type journal articles in future editions in addition to the
>> project updates and other types of articles, and I volunteered to  
>> help
>> coordinate the peer-review process. I'd be interested to know what
>> others think of this.  Would anyone else find it useful to have a
>> FOSS4G oriented  peer-reviewed journal article outlet? Anyone else to
>> volunteer for a peer review process? (Tyler are you still interested
>> in this idea?) - Dan
>>
>> On 5/16/07, Paulo Marcondes <paulomarcondes at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > 2007/5/16, Tyler Mitchell (OSGeo) <tmitchell at osgeo.org>:
>> > >
>> > > On 15-May-07, at 1:06 PM, Helton Uchoa wrote:
>> > >
>> > > > Is there any information about permission for publish in  
>> another
>> > > > language?
>> > >
>> > > Good question.  Before I tackle the republishing rights  
>> question, I'd
>> > > like to know if there are any others out there who are hoping to
>> > > translate some/all of the Journal?
>> >
>> > I think I can work together with Helton in the Portuguese  
>> translation.
>> > --
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>> >
>>
>>
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