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A Little Springtime for Green Open Access? Icons for More Free Full Texts in...
There’s a new kid on the publication access block at PubMed. It’s a little one, so you might not notice it for a while amongst the giants: a new high-profile spot for icon’s links to free full...
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Debunking Advice Debunked
“Recommendations for effective myth debunking may thus need to be revised”. One of the authors of this conclusion is Stephan Lewandowsky. He’s also one of the authors of the Debunking Handbook,...
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Who’s Who on Science Twitter and Who Counts?
Remember the Kardashian index? That was Neil Hall’s 2014 tongue-in-cheek(ish) dig at science Twitter and “Science Kardashians” – scientists with a high Twitter-follower-to-citation ratio. Inspired,...
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3 Things Expressions of Concern Reveal About the Research Publication System
An editorial expression of concern is a way to alert readers to behind-the-scenes worries about the integrity of a publication. It emerged in 1997, from the influential International Committee of...
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Bias in Open Science Advocacy: The Case of Article Badges for Data Sharing
I like badges – I have a lot of them! I’m also an open science advocate. So when a group of advocates declared their badges for authors were dramatically increasing open practice, I could have been...
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What’s Open, What’s Data? What’s Proof, What’s Spin?
My last post on the use of open science badges for articles set off a flurry of debate. There were some issues that I had touched on, but clearly could use more discussion – especially some of the...
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Repost: Weighing Up Anonymity & Openness in Publication Peer Review
“Transparency” is the theme of this year’s Peer Review Week (11-17 September). Moving to transparency in peer review is a major cultural shift for scientific publishing. A cloak of secrecy firmly...
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Bias, Conflicts, Spin: The 8th Olympiad of Research on Science & Publishing...
Once every 4 years editors, publishers, and meta-researchers assemble in Chicago for the Peer Review Congress – an intense researchfest about “enhancing the quality and credibility of science”. I’m...
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Good Enough? Editors, Statistics & Grant Peer Review
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 the quality and...
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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 the quality and...
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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 of years ago. It’s kept me thinking and digging into research about bias in...
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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 people astray. Few errors get corrected. And it’s very rare for a paper to be...
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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 baffling or misleading – especially if writers are trying to...
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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 of the infographic was interesting. A lot of people clearly have...
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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 beliefs. We need to keep re-visiting our values in considering the impact of our everyday...
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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 quality of “the scientific literature” and the role of peer review in it? ASAPbio has gathered...
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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 career researchers to sign peer reviews, because of fear of...
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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. The source that’s used to support the claim is generally DOAJ –...
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Europe Expanded the “No Elsevier Deal” Zone & This Could Change Everything
A couple of heavy-duty battering rams have hit the journal subscription system in Europe. And they are so big, this will likely set off a chain reaction that changes the scholarly communication...
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Free Speech and Journals’ Responsibility in Vaccine Debates
“Learn what they don’t want you to know.” That pretty much captures the conspiracy-laced journey into data you often see at the heart of campaigning against a vaccine, doesn’t it? It’s the...
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