FIGARO LAUNCH
September 1st, 2002
BY KEITH NUTHALLA COORDINATING centre for European digital publishers of academic texts has been launched with a public blitz on the traditional publishing sector, accusing it of being lethargic and vulnerable to unscrupulous reviewer academics who may exploit their contents prior to publication.FIGARO claimed: "The current scientific magazine hardly deserves the title of communication medium if one considers the amount of time that elapses between the submission and publication of an article," (between six and 18 months, it claimed. The service added: "There is ...
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