Re: Elsevier's ChemWeb Preprint Archive

From: Rzepa, Henry <h.rzepa_at_IC.AC.UK>
Date: Sun, 3 Sep 2000 08:56:31 +0100

> > The ChemWeb chemistry preprint server can be reached via:
> > http://preprint.chemweb.com

Can I raise a different thread?

One of the very first articles on the Chemweb forum was one
which had previously been rejected by two referees
after having been submitted to a "conventional" forum. The
authors clearly felt frustrated that their science had not
reached a wider audience through this route, and decided that the
"pre" print (noprint?) forum might achieve this

Presumably the H/O Strategy could lead to a more or less
permanent presence somewhere for such articles.

Without implying anything about the specific article noted above,
I wonder whether there is a risk that with precedents established,
such chemistry preprint servers might simply become a refuge
for "unpublishable science".

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Received on Mon Jan 24 2000 - 19:17:43 GMT

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