Reviews That Were

john at research.haifa.ac.il john at research.haifa.ac.il
Tue Oct 23 16:24:26 UTC 2007


That's why I suggested Esa simply post his review on Funknet.
John



Quoting Martin Haspelmath <haspelmath at eva.mpg.de>:

> I think it would be good if we as a field realized -- sooner rather than
> later -- that the traditional way of commenting publicly on each other's
> work, in the form of book reviews that sometimes appear many years after
> the book, is becoming rapidly outdated.
>
> The future of scientific communication evidently lies in online
> publications, blogs, etc., and online publications can easily be
> enhanced by online reviews, online comments, etc.
>
> In a few years' time, we will probably have the first linguistics
> journals that work in the following way: As soon as a paper is
> submitted, it is made available on the journal's site, and public
> comments are invited. After a brief veetting procedure, most of these
> are published alongside the paper, and after a while the editors decide
> whether to give the contribution "officially published" status (perhaps
> after suitable revision). If a paper is denied that status, it can stay
> there (in limbo, but still accessible) or it can be withdrawn and
> submitted elsewhere.
>
> Well, this is just one model of so many possibilities. But we should not
> invest many energies into the good old book review anymore. It will be a
> nice memory for the older generation, but the future lies elsewhere.
>
> Greetings,
> Martin
>
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