Talk:Preprint

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I tidied up a little-- added some titles.. the language and flow-toghterness still needs some work though. Vesiv 21:19, 6 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Trend against commercially published journals?

In some branches of physics, arXiv has more importance as a medium of communication than standard journals: it is considered one of the driving forces behind the currently ongoing trend against commercially published scientific journals (see article for details about this controversy). Indeed, David Mermin in 1992 described Ginsparg's creation as potentially "string theory's greatest contribution to science"[citation needed].

To me this sounds not very neutral-point-of-view... Can anyone add some background or corroborating evidence? The implication of Mermin's quote also seems to be that string theory has made no other more important contributions to science. 72.57.79.40 01:10, 29 September 2006 (UTC)