modest proposal: always publish to arxiv, which assigns the permanent DOI. journals can be offered the article - one at a time if the authors desire, or in more of an auction format. when published in a journal, the arxiv entry is simply updated (new revision findable and attached to the original DOI).
this would make research works first-class, rather than journal byproducts.
internet/telecom providers don't want to be dumb-fat-pipes; journals don't want to be editing and review-coordination services. so what?
As a reviewer, it's really painful to get a paper that's completely wrong (especially if it is over claiming) and that already has a large download count on arxiv.
I'm all for putting camera ready copies on it, but submitted drafts really shouldn't be there.
modest proposal: always publish to arxiv, which assigns the permanent DOI. journals can be offered the article - one at a time if the authors desire, or in more of an auction format. when published in a journal, the arxiv entry is simply updated (new revision findable and attached to the original DOI).
this would make research works first-class, rather than journal byproducts.
internet/telecom providers don't want to be dumb-fat-pipes; journals don't want to be editing and review-coordination services. so what?