Re: [dinosaur] New preprint: sauropods have spinal-cord supports like salamanders
Mike Taylor <[email protected]>
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It's true that BiorXiv seems to be "winning" in this space — and that's not a bad thing. I think high-energy physics and related fields have benefitted enormously from there being only one arXiv. -- Mike. On Wed, 18 Sep 2019 at 17:42, Andrew Farke <[email protected]> wrote: > I saw Pete Binfield in person a few weeks back, and chatted about it. Low > usage was the major reason, judging by our conversation--and there are more > servers out there now, too, than when PeerJ preprints started. > > On Wed, Sep 18, 2019 at 9:04 AM Mike Taylor <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Yes, I lament the forthcoming closing of PeerJ Preprints, and I'm a bit >> lost as to why it's happening and why Peter and Jason aren't being as >> forthcoming and communicative over this as they usually are. As it happens, >> I plan to post a PeerJ Preprint this very evening — from my SVPCA talk that >> is the counterpart of the Atherholt and Wedel one that launched this thread >> — but it will likely be my last. I like PeerJ Preprints partly just because >> I'm used to it, no doubt. But it does also have a bunch of neat features, >> including collections, comments and questions. I guess I will find out soon >> enough whether BiorXiv has them, too. >> >> -- Mike. >> >> >> On Wed, 18 Sep 2019 at 16:37, Jura <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> PeerJ Preprints is going to be closed, BTW. Nobody has so much as hinted >>> at a reason; the official statement on PeerJ's blog just claims "the time >>> has come", there's no way to leave comments on that post, and when I wrote >>> an e-mail to ask, I didn't get any reaction. >>> >>> ============================= >>> >>> I suspect it's because it was never all that popular. Despite the strong >>> push from folks like the SVPOW guys, according to a Facebook convo on Nick >>> Gardner's wall, PeerJ preprints were always a hard sell for prospective >>> submitters. They might try funneling things towards BioRxiv or PaleorXiv in >>> the future, especially now that there is a glut of options available to >>> people wanting to go that route. >>> >>> Jason >>> >>>