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…ewer, before a finalized report is submitted to the editor. Incentives for high-quality reviews. Most journals don’t offer you an incentive to do a good job in a timely manner. A monetary compensation for well-done reviews is the obvious thing to do. Authors might even be willing to pay a submission fee for this cause, if it improves the quality and timeliness of the report (I know I would!). Journals in many disciplines, including philosophy and…
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…s and philosophy of general relativity, all of which is available for free online. If you know of any online resources that are not on this list, suggest them in the comments and I will add them to the list! Contents Non-mathematical introductions to general relativity Mathematical introductions to general relativity Philosophy of general relativity Other general relativity references. Non-mathematical introductions to general relativity Einstein…
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…o make and sell burgers in. The wealthy Scrooge McDuck had enough money to buy buildings. So they struck the following deal. McDuck gave BurgerBee the money to buy a building for their burger joint (say, 100,000 dollars). In return, BurgerBee gave McDuck a little certificate, which says that BurgerBee will pay McDuck MUCH MORE than the original amount (say, 200,000 dollars). But the payments are made in small amounts, every month, over the course…
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…ooks and journals, you turned around and sold that content at commercially high prices. You actively prevented the dissemination of scholarly knowledge. On the other hand, by making half a million scholarly books publicly available, Library.nu actively enabled it. The end of this service amounted to a huge loss for the scholarly community. Academics and publishers alike are beginning to recognize that we have a problem. Fortunately, there are many…
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