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Taking the Impact Factor seriously is similar to taking creationism, homeopathy or divining seriously
Posted by | Aug 15th 2012 | Comment
Author: Bjoern Brembs
Deadline for session suggestions for Science Online London: Monday August 27th!
Posted by Maryann Martone | Aug 15th 2012 | Comment
From Lou Woodley: We’re putting together the programme for this year’s Science Online London event and we’d like to have your input! What kind of sessions are you looking for? Much of the...
The Shiny Digital Future
Posted by Maryann Martone | Aug 13th 2012 | Comment
Authors: Mike Taylor Matt Wedel Darren Naish A collection of blogs on open access from the Sauropod Vertebra Picture of the Week #AcademicSpring webiste. Many more entertaining blogs on dinosaurs...
How Academic Biologists and Physicists View Science Outreach
Posted by Maryann Martone | Aug 13th 2012 | Comment
Author: Ecklund, Elaine Howard James, Sarah A Lincoln, Anne E Scholars and pundits alike argue that U.S. scientists could do more to reach out to the general public. Yet, to date, there have been few...
Publishing in the 21st century: Minimal (really) data standards
Posted by Maryann Martone | Aug 10th 2012 | 1 Comment
The following were a set of recommendations that arose from a workshop held at NIH in August 2010 as part of the Link Animal Models to Human Disease (LAMHDI), a database of animal models that allows...
Report on the "Future of Research Communications" Workshop Dagstuhl, August 15-18, 2012
Posted by Maryann Martone | Aug 4th 2012 | Comment
Authors: Ivan Herman Clark, Tim Anita de Waard
Bring On the Transparency Index
Posted by Ivan Herman | Aug 3rd 2012 | Comment
Authors: Adam Marcus Ivan Oransky
Methods: Face up to false positives.
Posted by Maryann Martone | Jul 31st 2012 | Comment
Author: Macarthur, Daniel Journal: Nature 2012 vol 487 issue 7408 pagination 427-8 PMID: 22836983 PMCID: 0 ISSN: 1476-4687
Part B of Supplemental Journal Article Materials Recommended Practice issued as a draft for comments
Posted Jul 31st 2012 | Comment
From our discussion list: NISO and NFAIS have been running a project for a couple years to provide guidance to publishers on best practices for supplemental materials to articles. The technical...