The Boycott of Elsevier
February 27, 2012 Filed under Blog, Featured, Publishing, Reviewing
As pointed out by Chris Fairless in the comments on a recent blog post of mine, a movement has started to boycott Elsevier because of their aggressive business practices that hurt libraries and restrict information. The petition is called http://thecostofknowledge.com/ and started with a blog post here. You can take a stand by signing up […]
For those who love reading and writing books…
The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore won the Oscar for Best Animated Short last night. Enjoy!
The politicization of the scientific publishing process
February 25, 2012 Filed under Blog, Featured, Publishing
On one topic, Congress seemed to be moving in the right direction. Over the past few years, emphasis was placed on making the research that taxpayers funded open access—in other words, free for all to view. According to a recent article by Wired, a bill called the Research Works Act introduced by Reps Carolyn Maloney […]
A letter from the frustrated author of a journal paper
February 9, 2012 Filed under Blog, Featured, Humor, Publishing
Paul Roebber sent me this hilarious letter written by a frustrated author to the Editor. Enjoy! Glass, R. L., 2000: A letter from the frustrated author of a journal paper. The Journal of Systems and Software, 54, 1. [PDF] Image from http://lightsallaround.wordpress.com/author/jackieleasommers/
The decreasing number of studies with negative results
February 8, 2012 Filed under Blog, Featured, Publishing
When I lived in Oklahoma, Chuck Doswell used to lament to me that it was difficult to publish null cases in meteorology (for example, when something was forecast to happen, but didn’t). Later, when talking to Roseanne McNamee at the University of Manchester, she lamented the same. There are even several journals for negative results: […]
