Re: SHERPA will take over the Romeo Publisher Policy Table

From: David Prosser <david.prosser_at_BODLEY.OX.AC.UK>
Date: Fri, 6 Aug 2004 09:47:50 +0100

Stevan Harnad wrote:

> Only 5% of the existing 24,000 journals are gold, but 84% of them are
> already green, i.e., they have given their authors the green light to
> self-archive: http://romeo.eprints.org/stats.php

A small point that does not change the argument, but we do not know that
84% of the existing 24,000 journals are green. We only know that 84% of
the 8242 journals surveyed to date are green. I think that the argument
is already strong enough without overstating the case.

David C Prosser PhD
Director
SPARC Europe

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