SpringerNature to provide read-only access to all of their journals now. Thoughts?
Source: Springer Nature to extend content sharing to whole Springer Nature-owned journal portfolio
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Voice of the Future 2016
On that time I was in Parliament representing the UK Geological Community, and got to quiz Sir Mark Walport about open access!
Whose Utopia? (Lorraine Chuen)
The Need for Meaningful Diversity and Human-Centred Design When Imagining a “Scholarly Commons” JT: A really powerful piece on considering a diversity of perspectives when discussing the future of scholarly communication, and to promote inclusivity rather than exclusivity. Source: Whose Utopia? — Medium
Multiple fathers for reintroduced endangered Orinoco crocodiles
The Orinoco crocodile, Crocodylus intermedius, is one of the most threatened crocodile species in the world. There are now just a few wild populations remaining in Venezuela and Colombia. Excessive hunting until the 1960s and egg collecting for their local consumption decimated their numbers, and now new conservation efforts are aiming to revive their dwindling […]
Rapid publishing and open peer review accelerating research communication in times of crisis
The Zika virus is an international public health emergency, as declared early on in February by the World Health Organisation. As such, it is critical that the global research community help combat… Source: Rapid publishing and open peer review accelerating research communication in times of crisis – ScienceOpen Blog
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in PLOS One, titled “Biomechanical characteristics of Hand Coordination in Grasping Activities of Daily Living”, has been retracted a… Source: Hand of God paper retracted: PLOS ONE “could not stand by the pre-publication assessment”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..