Can we evaluate ourselves without journals?
Great post on how academics evaluate research. Time to move beyond poor proxies. Also relevant to this post: http://blog.scienceopen.com/2016/03/collections-as-the-future-of-academic-led-journals/
Collections as the future of academic-led journals – ScienceOpen Blog
ScienceOpen Collections are thematic groups of research articles that transcend journals and publishers to transform how we collate and build upon scientific knowledge. Source: Collections as the future of academic-led journals – ScienceOpen Blog
Hand of God paper retracted: PLOS ONE "could not stand by the pre-publication assessment"
A paper with reference to “The Creator” in PLOS One, titled “Biomechanical characteristics of Hand Coordination in Grasping Activities of Daily Living”, has been retracted a… Source: Hand of God paper retracted: PLOS ONE “could not stand by the pre-publication assessment”
Why I think the Jurassic/Cretaceous boundary is super important
Mass extinctions are insanely catastrophic, but important, events that punctuate the history of life on Earth. The Jurassic/Cretaceous boundary, around 145 million years ago, was originally thought of to represent a mass extinction, but has subsequently been ‘down-graded’ to a minor extinction event based on new discoveries. However, compared to other important stratigraphic boundaries, like […]
Why Sci-Hub is the true solution for Open Access: reply to criticism
The owner of Sci-Hub speaks out on her personal blog..
Scholarly copyright: grotesque, pointless impediment, or fatuous waste of time and effort?
Mike Taylor on the damage that copyright does to research: “In this model, the sole purpose of copyright is to prevent access to the research. The only thing it achieves is to stop people from reading, using and re-using the work.”
Sharing data during Zika and other global health emergencies
Not sayin’ ScienceOpen got their first, but we totally did http://blog.scienceopen.com/2016/02/research-on-zika-virus-free-to-publish-via-scienceopen/ Great global initiative here!
Over-proved, but fantastic flavor: The Great British Baking Show as a model for writing reviews
Cake and peer review? Yes please!
Throes of Rejection: No link between rejection rates and impact?
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