update on Studies in Diversity Linguistics

[Randy John LaPolla (Prof)]

Relevant to the issue Martin is addressing with Language Science Press, recent Nobel Prize winner Randy Schekman has come out against "luxury journals", such as Nature and Science:

http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/dec/09/how-journals-nature-science-cell-damage-science

http://theconversation.com/how-to-break-free-from-the-stifling-grip-of-luxury-journals-21669 (response to feedback he got from the first one)

http://www.elifesciences.org/how-to-break-free-from-the-tyranny-of-luxury-journals-the-conversation/ (same as immediately above, but includes comments)

Schekman has also started an open access press for the life sciences, eLife:
http://www.elifesciences.org

Randy

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