A couple of heavy-duty battering rams have hit the journal subscription system in Europe. And they are so big, this…
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Science Communication Europe Expanded the “No Elsevier Deal” Zone & This Could Change Everything
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Listicles Building a Great Scientific Abstract: A Quick Checklist
It should never be a rushed afterthought. An awful lot is riding on the quality of scientific abstracts. Most readers will rely…
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Listicles An Author Rights Perspective on Scientific Editors
What should scientific editors be able to do well? We would all be able to agree easily on some basics…
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Science Communication A Reality Check on Author Access to Open Access Publishing
Technically, the “most journals don’t charge authors” statement could well be true. Most open access journals may not charge authors…
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Science Communication Signing Critical Peer Reviews & the Fear of Retaliation: What Should We Do?
There’s a sort of Godwin’s Law for discussions on open peer review. Sooner or later, someone’s going to say, “We can’t expect early…
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Science Communication Transparency, Recognition, & Innovation: The ASAPbio Peer Review Meeting
All those “Reviewer 2″s – can’t live with ’em, can’t live without ’em! So how can we improve both the…
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Science Communication Principles, Open Access, & Everyday Choices
It’s not enough to mean well, is it? Principles matter, but so do the effects of acting on our strongly held…
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Evidence Infographic vs Text: Evidence Throwdown!
A paper recently dropped a trio of randomized trials of an infographic going head-to-head with text. The reaction to the performance…
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Bias 6 Tips for Deciphering Outcomes in Health Studies
It’s way too easy to get a false impression of a study’s results. The combination of jargon and specialized measurement techniques can get…
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Science Communication Rebranding Retractions and the Honest Error Hypothesis
We have a serious problem with errors and irredeemably flawed studies: there’s a lot of them, and they keep leading…
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Bias The Fractured Logic of Blinded Peer Review in Journals
I get linked into a lot of thought-provoking debates about blinded peer review because of a post I wrote a couple…
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Science Communication Innovations in Peer Review and Scientific Publishing
Over 500 science journal editors, publishers, and meta-researchers are gathered in Chicago for the 8th Peer Review Congress (#PRC8), a once-every-4-years researchfest about “enhancing…