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Is PLOS ONE losing favour with palaeontologists?

February 9, 2017February 10, 2017protohedgehogOpen Science

Is PLOS ONE falling out of favour with Palaeontologists? By looking at a simple plot of publications through time, it would seem that the zenith of PLOS ONE has been reached after a surge in increase as it dominated the market, but is now in sharp decline. There have been a couple of such blips, […]

Every time you publish behind a paywall, a kitten dies.

April 24, 2014protohedgehogPhD, Policy, Science Communication, University

This was originally posted at: http://blogs.egu.eu/palaeoblog/?p=1194 “Every day, people are denied access to something they have a right to.” That’s the opening line from a new appeal from students Joe McArthur and David Carroll. Open Access describes a form of publication of research where articles are made instantly available for free, and with unlimited reusability rights, […]