Shirley Wu

"...I sat next to a very cordial Dutch scientist who continued with the refrain that it's too soon to start exposing people to their genetic data. I turned that comment around on him and asked, "When WILL it be time? When we have a perfect understanding of what it all means?" This mindset smacks of genetic exceptionalism, that somehow genetic information needs to be treated differently than other types of health data...." - Shirley Wu from Bookmarklet

"Earlier today, in the latest installment of the What ELSI is New? series, Daniel MacArthur asked a question that has cropped up repeatedly in recent weeks and months as part of the broader discourse surrounding genetic research and commerce: what rights should individuals have to gain access to their personal genetic or genomic data?" - Shirley Wu from Bookmarklet

As per my comment on the blog, this may be of interest: http://www.sennoma.net/main.... One of the many elephants in the toll-access publishing room is that TA journals more commonly charge author-side fees than OA journals, and in many cases those charges exceed the article processing charges at BMC, Hindawi, PLoS ONE and even PLoS... more... - Bill Hooker

That's true, but there are also many TA journals that don't charge author-side fees - JMB for example, from Elsevier. Is there a practical argument when journals like that (with enough street cred) are a much cheaper option? - Shirley Wu from twhirl

According to Kaufman-Wills 2005, 75% of TA journals do charge author-side fees. Not sure how representative their sample was (n = fairly small as I recall). Also, JMB charges for color figures in the print version (you have to dig for that information) although -- paragons of generosity! -- color online is free. Interesting question -- nowhere could I find a statement that JMB doesn't charge by the page -- but assuming they don't, then did K-W count JMB as "charges author-side fees" or "doesn't charge..."? - Bill Hooker