Funding UK Research
The Research Assessment Exercise is slow and expensive. Abandoning peer-review for quantitative assessment may lead to excessive gaming and corrupt the indicators of quality.
Peer-Review Scandal Shakes French Geologists
The abuse of editorial power and favoritism leads to a national scandal in France.
Suicidal Subscriptions
Is the fate of print pre-ordained, or an outcome of suicidal circulation strategies?
Shrinking Pie = Lost Waste
A major label is now getting most of its revenues from digital sources, but the pie is shrinking. Is it? Or is it just showing how inflated the pie was in the era of fixed media?
Naughty Networks
Social networks drive naughtiness. Should Santa Claus revise his approach?
Are Publishers Anti-Publishing?
Do publishers really believe in what they do? Or have they essentially thrown in the towel?
The Soft Underbelly of Science
What can be learned about science and publishing from the El Naschie controversy?
Self-Publishing Editor to Retire
Controversial self-publishing editor, El Naschie, to step down in 2009. Professional affiliations cast in doubt.
No Pardon from Palin
Happy Thanksgiving, from Sarah Palin and some unpardonable turkeys.
Elsevier Math Editor Controversy
An editor who publishes five of his own articles is the center of a controversy in math publishing.
They Don’t Care!
And apparently, you don’t care about how others do, either.
Should You Pay To Get Cited?
Two Swiss economists claim that the supposed Open Access citation advantage can be explained by self-selection and recommend authors save their research dollars.
Business Model Mystery
Why would a business person ask an academic what the business model is? Strange days, indeed.
Citation Controversy
A new study shows conflicting results over whether scholars are citing fewer papers. Is science becoming more elite or more democratic?
Elsevier’s LHC Promise
The large hadron collider is broken, and perhaps the open access claims Elsevier is making are, as well.