Why should people trust the published scientific record? Imagine this hypothetical, but potentially very real, conversation with a non-academic: 1: “This research paper has been published, and therefore is scientifically valid.” 2: “But it’s paywalled, I can’t access it. How do I know it’s valid?” 1: “Because it has been peer reviewed.” 2. “Can you […]
Peer review is broken, but we hold the technological and social solutions to fix it. Right now. We just submitted a monster paper on the history and present diversity of peer review practices to F1000 Research. It’s available in advance here, and soon will be open to public commenting from anyone as it undergoes formal […]
Last week, I unveiled Open Access graphic 3.0. However, it was still pretty terrible, seeing as I have absolutely no creative design skills at all. Luckily, my girlfriend, and the other part of ‘Team Open’, Lisa Matthias, does. She made this wonderful infographic below, which is free for anyone to re-use and share as they […]
The last iteration of this post made the assumption that ‘gold’ Open Access meant you had to pay for it. I of all people should know that this is what us English scientists call ‘pish-posh’. It turns out that in reality, around 70% of journals indexed in the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) have […]
This is the version of an interview posted on Discover Magazine, prior to editing. I like this version a bit more due to the personal touch. Besides beloved childhood pets, once an animal is dead we usually prefer it to stay that way. However, there is a nostalgic beauty in being able to see what […]
This is not the first time this sort of thing has happened on Twitter. A direct series of insults towards researchers for expressing their view on a matter relating to ‘Open Science’. Any other idiots out there that feel like exposing themselves today? pic.twitter.com/i3GdToGSdR — Jordan Anaya (@OmnesResNetwork) May 13, 2017 Yeah, that’s not helping. […]