Friday Physics: You Spin Me Right Round, Baby Right Round
Why doesn’t a ball fly off of a spinning turntable?
The Predator Effect – Fraud in the Scholarly Publishing Industry: An Interview with Simon Linacre
An interview by @lisalibrarian with Simon Linacre, author of “The Predator Effect”
Important Capybara Update
The latest developments in Capybara science.
Innovation at eLife: An Interview with Damian Pattinson
eLife’s recent announcement that it will reinvent itself as a “service that reviews preprints” has generated much discussion over recent weeks. But what are the primary drivers and goals, and what might we all learn from this bold experiment?
A Failure to Communicate: Indicators of Open Access in the User Interface
Though open access indicators within a given publishing platform are relatively consistent, significant inconsistency across platforms likely creates user confusion.
Guest Post – Publishing Fast and Slow: A Review of Publishing Speed in the Last Decade
Christos Petrou analyzes changes in the speed of publication of research articles over the last ten years.
Smorgasbord: Twitter v. Mastodon; Incentivizing Open Science; DEI v. Involution
Another “mixed bag” post from us — Is it time to leave Twitter? How can we incentivize journals and authors to take up open science practices? What is “involution” and is DEIA the solution?
Guest Post – Wikipedia’s Citations Are Influencing Scholars and Publishers
Rachel Helps, the Wikipedian-in-residence at the BYU libraries discusses the intersection of scholarly journals and Wikipedia.
Speculation on the Most Likely OSTP Nelson Memo Implementation Scenario and the Resulting Publisher Strategies
What is the most likely scenario for implementation of the OSTP’s Nelson Memo? And what strategies will that offer for publishers?
It Isn’t Fake Science, Because It Isn’t Science at All. It’s Dupery.
What if even by saying “fake science” you inadvertently participate in a scam? What if this phrase legitimizes fraud, lies, and deceit? Let’s call it what it is – dupery.
The 2022 Small (Microscopic) World in Motion
This year’s crop of Nikon Small World imaging award winners continues to highlight the amazing progress made in the world of microscopy.
Guest Post — The Door to Data Sharing is Slowly Creaking Open
In guest post, Simon Linacre of Digital Science discusses their latest state of open data survey against the backdrop of the recent OSTP memo on expanding public access to research results.
Thoughts and Observations on the OSTP Responses to Our Interview Questions
Karin Wulf and Rick Anderson reflect on the OSTP’s response to their interview questions, and on some implications of those responses and of the memo itself.
New Light on the New OSTP Memo: An Interview with Dr. Alondra Nelson
Karin Wulf and Rick Anderson interview Dr. Alondra Nelson, acting director of the White House Office on Science & Technology Policy when the new OSTP memo was published.
Smorgasbord: A Better Metaphor for Publishing, Twitter/Musk, Equitable Access, and Those Vexing OACA Experimental Controls
A new type of post from us today, offering a smorgasbord of opinions on topics including the ongoing Twitter/Elon Musk saga, just what “equitable access” to the literature means, the ongoing lack of experimental controls in one area of bibliometric analysis, and whether journals are more like a gate or a sewer.