The Mismeasure of Man, Funds, and Open Access Experiments
After one year, most COPE funds remain unspent. Is it time to revise the policy?
Pubget Continues to Puzzle and Diversify
Pubget still seems like a technology in search of a problem or a solution in search of a viable business model.
No Deposit, No Diploma: How Graduate Schools and Libraries Restrict Access to Dissertations and Theses
Outdated and arbitrary e-filing policies create lengthy access embargoes to university research.
Post-Publication Review: Does It Add Anything New and Useful?
Post-publication review is spotty, unreliable, and may suffer from cronyism, several studies reveal.
Impact Factor Inflation: When an Increase is Actually a Decrease
Journals that fail to keep up with background Impact Factor inflation may actually be losing ground.
PLoS ONE: Is a High Impact Factor a Blessing or a Curse?
PLoS ONE’s relatively high impact factor may compromise its ability to support PLoS Biology and PLoS Medicine.
Impact Factors — A Self-fulfilling Prophecy?
A new study analyzing the citation performance of identical articles in multiple sources provides new insight into the causes of citation. But does it accomplish its goals?
Forgetting the F-bomb: How Cheap Memory Makes Normal Conference Chat Costly
An argument for why conferences should not be recorded and rebroadcast.
Lessons Learned and Lessons Learning: STM Stalwarts Reflect on Career Paths and Making Choices
In an industry where energy, youth, and innovation are often valued over experience, what can be learned from a panel of wizened members of the publishing industry?
In Search of Sustainability: Business Models in Publishing
Experimentation and choice are key to finding long-term sustainability.
Applications: The Future of Science Communication?
“Building apps is not all unicorns and rainbows.” Publishers should take a practical, iterative, and collaborative approach to delivering content.
Kahle: Distributed Services a Solution to Monopoly Control
“Scholarly publishing is too important to be monopolized!” Solution to digitization is decentralized commerce.
The Stick and the Carrot: Why Direct Incentives in Science are Dangerous
Reputation — fragile, cumulative, and indirect — is the reward of science. Direct compensation to motivate specific behaviors is a dangerous proposal.
Industry Sponsorship of Open Access Articles
The willingness of industry to sponsor open access articles may bias your access to reliable health information.
The Paranoia of Publication “Bias” — How a Study Proves Its Point by Making Its Point
Positive research results may indicate that the scientific system is working efficiently.