Pkp 2009 Critical Mass Is Critical 2009

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Gregg Gordon SSRN President & CEO Gregg_Gordon@SSRN.Com

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What is Critical Mass? - minimum amount of something required to start or maintain a venture - minimum mass of fissonable material that can sustain a chain reaction

Scarcity is no longer an issue.

There is a growing abundance of scholarship.

e als ar ars ly journ 0+ ye sc holar every 2 do ubling There is a growing abundance of scholarship.

Access to earlier stage research increases the relevant research.

Access to earlier stage research increases the relevant research. IDEA

Access to earlier stage research increases the relevant research. IDEA DRAFT

Access to earlier stage research increases the relevant research. IDEA DRAFT FINAL

Interdisciplinary classifications increase your relevant research. Average # eJournal Classifications YEAR in SSRN MyBriefcases 2004 1.85 2005 2.04 2006 2.38 2007 2.54 2008 4.25

Do you have a Ptolemaic worldview? http://www.sciencemusings.com/blog/ uploaded_images/Ptolemy3-737466.jpg

Traditional publishing models slow innovation.

“A new scientific truth does not triumph by convincing its opponents and making them see the light, but rather because its opponents eventually die, and a new generation grows up that is familiar with it” Max Planck

Free as in a FREE PUPPY

Connections and Conversations create powerful Communities.

What community are you building?

Significant community growth

OJS Journals by Continent Asia 150 Oceania 201 Africa 340 N America 833 Europe 567 S America 877

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Powerful communities create powerful economies of scale

Reaching Critical Mass

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