Comments on: Kill the post-embargo publication window

By: Andy

Andy — Wed, 12 Jan 2011 02:56:45 +0000

It would be helpful to give a citation for the paper in addition to the doi. On their websites, researchers will occasionally provide manuscript downloads for papers that are waiting to be published. In these cases, a citation will be more useful than a doi link that doesn’t go anywhere at the time.

By: Simon

Simon — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 18:27:19 +0000

Mr. Young, there’s a typo in the article in the antepenultimate paragraph: it should be “Its existence is”.

By: Weekend Wordery: Nicaraguan Sign Language : Organon

Weekend Wordery: Nicaraguan Sign Language : Organon — Sun, 27 Jun 2010 11:42:03 +0000

[...] http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0914044107 (Note that this link will not reach its target until the post-embargo publication window opens. It might take a few weeks for that to [...]

By: Namnezia

Namnezia — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 03:53:03 +0000

It would be useful to post the full citation, not just the link. Then we can just look up the paper independently.

By: daedalus2u

daedalus2u — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 20:59:33 +0000

Pretty simple solution, if writers and bloggers would not publish a post on a paper until after the paper has become available, there would be no problem.
It is clear why the journals (like PNAS) do this, it is to get “buzz” going when the paper is still not available.
Just wait until the paper is actually available, not until the date of the embargo. I appreciate this means delaying your posts, but you do have the DOI link, so you can check it every day. I don’t think it will detract the slightest bit from your readership.

By: Princeton Wedding Photographer

Princeton Wedding Photographer — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 03:09:37 +0000

I too have been reading Ivan’s blog. There is really no excuse for why a publication would lag on posting an article after the embargo passes. You would think they’d want to be ready to go and build the traffic along with the news release. The only reason I can imagine is lack of resources – or outsourcing web development.

By: complex field

complex field — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 21:17:10 +0000

What’s the point of an embargo anyway?

By: J.D.

J.D. — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 18:42:32 +0000

Please excuse a naive question, but I’ve always wondered how bloggers get the papers ahead of press time anyway. i understand press releases given out by the major journals to the major news outlets, but how do people not associated with the major presses get access to manuscripts before publication? Do authors send them out to people in the hopes of being mentioned? An inside person in the editorial offices?

By: Ian Connor

Ian Connor — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 18:28:36 +0000

Feel free to link to the DOI via pubget.com – we try to get the PDF links up as soon as possible (sometimes before doi.org and linkouts).
We have some javascript in our API you can include on your posting. If we have the PDF, it shows up, otherwise not. This way you can put up the link ahead of print and your users will not be teased with an icon that goes nowhere. You can see it in action on researchblogging.org.
It will not solve the underlying problem, but at least provides a work around for your readers.

By: David Marjanović

David Marjanović — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 11:13:41 +0000

Aren’t there similar places for biologists to post their papers?

No.
When you don’t have access to a paper, you write to the authors, or some other colleague, and they’ll send you the pdf…