Linking publication with career

["Joseph J. Esposito" <espositoj@worldnet.att.net>]

>As long as scientific publication is bound with prestige, career and
>financial resources, scientific papers will remain discrete communication
>entities and the need for a ranking (beeing published in journal x or
>beeing the most highly downloaded pdf) will not disapeared.

JE:  Oh, I agree with that statement wholeheartedly.  And that--the
linkage between career and publication--is why the proprietary journals
will continue to be proprietary (that is, user pays).  Open Access will go
in another direction.

Joe Esposito