When Fraud Hits Medical Science: The Decade of the Vaccine-Autism Scandal
Now that the vaccine-autism link has been shown to be based on a fraud, will ego continue to trump humility in the face of evidence?
Wikipedia Turns 10 — Let's Celebrate It!
Wikipedia’s 10th anniversary must be acknowledged, and its seismic, worldwide redefinition of the reference work recognized.
Poor Comparison Leaves Darnton's Journal Price Jeremiad in Jambles
It’s time to abandon the library-as-victim narrative and write a new story.
The Decline Effect Postulate Fails to Find Its Theory
The truth isn’t disintegrating, but perhaps weaker or ad hoc theoretical frameworks are dissolving more quickly these days.
Two Publishers — One Old, One New — Square Off Without Knowing It
The publisher of Harper’s proves himself an anachronist, while O’Reilly scolds other publishers to wake up!
Open Access Repositories Lack Trust — But Is Trust Really Necessary?
Should institutional open access repositories be run like journals?
Some Lessons From Our Reactions to Wikileaks
Wikileaks teaches us a number of lessons, the most important being that the world will change, whether we like it or not.
How the New York Times Bestseller List Is Created
A short video explaining how the list is made.
Physician, Heal Thyself: Medical Ghostwriting Uncovered in a Clinical Textbook
NIH-funded researchers append name to ghost-written textbook. Is it time for physicians to heal themselves?
Weighing the Costs and Benefits of Open Peer-Review
Do the benefits of open peer-review outweigh the costs? A BMJ study argues “yes,” but there are caveats.
Whither University Presses?
A new collection of essays in the Journal of Electronic Publishing focuses on various issues facing the university press world today, but perhaps does not consider the possibility of presses taking on a more central role in their parents’ strategy.
The Reboxetine Scandal — How Should We Make Medical Trial Data Available?
Another scandal rocks medical journal publishing. It’s time to stop pretending journals can salvage this on their own. It’s time to bring modern solutions to bear.
The Price of Transparency and Peer Review
EMBO opens up the black box of peer-review. Is it worth the cost?
Where Trust Is Built and How It Can Be Destroyed — A Publisher’s Perspective
A write-up of a presentation at Charleston, here’s one way to parse trust in academic publishing.
Ghosts in the Machine — The Industry of Medical Authorship
Want to understand the medical authorship industry? Attend their conference!