[…] many of us keep returning to, in order to explain why most scientists eschew Web 2.o, social networks, science blogging, open review, and post-publication review, is that authors gain very little professionally from online commenting. Schriger explains, The medical community […]
[…] not wish to be party to it), and he issued his denial of the motion “without prejudice,” leaving the door open for a revised settlement to be brought to him at a later date. Google’s response was muted in the […]
[…] the place — so big, so many people, so busy. But I was quickly embraced by people who were kind, open, interesting, and delightful, with wonderful social customs, especially in the evenings. I learned to anticipate rice for breakfast, to […]
[…] Prize.” “Science and Nature are in the business of making money,” the journal charged. “The Journal of Cosmology, is free, open access, and is in the business of promoting science.” While the science in this paper is apparently lacking, the journal […]
[…] to review what could be viewed as various critiques of traditional press practice. Why don’t the presses simply switch to open access? Well, here’s what experiments to date have shown, none of which generate sufficient revenue. Or how about adopting the […]
[…] of AJE is to accelerate global discovery by helping international researchers get published. So we are particularly interested in the open access movement, and are always looking for new ways we can partner to advance the cause. To me, editorial services […]
[…] From Dark Side When Nature Calls — Science Publisher Launches Nature Urology & Scatology “I Thought It Was Tofu!” — Open Access Evangelist and Vegetarian, Stevan Harnad, Caught in Burger Joint Study Finds Librarians Really Are the Sexiest, Wittiest, and Nicest […]
[…] 2011. In its first day, the new Mac app store generated more than 1 million downloads. Suddenly, a new frontier opened around the app — the desktop. And through iOS and OS X, mobile and desktop continued their “will they […]
[…] jeered) that PLoS didn’t have a sound business model; some went so far as to indict the very notion of open access publishing. They were wrong. After some false starts with pricing, PLoS launched PLoS ONE, which operates on an adjusted […]
[…] entitled, “Why They Won’t Come Back” — I was at work, and my Kindle was at home. Luckily, I could open the book on my computer even though my Kindle was miles away. And when I did, I was at […]
[…] that relies on such publications is increasingly under pressure. There is no magic bullet to counter this trend — not open access, as some contend, or even, more fancifully (but put forth by some in all seriousness), a tax on the […]
Post-publication review is spotty, unreliable, and may suffer from cronyism, several studies reveal. Reporting last month in the open access journal Ideas in Ecology and Evolution [1], ecologist David Wardle analyzed over 1,500 articles published in seven top ecology journals during […]
[…] use the lab’s social media’s website (a stick) paying science bloggers to write (carrot) sharing revenue with authors (carrot) providing open access article processing charge discounts to loyal authors (carrot) The kind of incentives that David discusses are direct incentives — […]
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Scholars are citing an increasingly aging collection of scholarship. Does this reflect the growing ease with accessing the literature, or a structural shift in the way science is funded–and the way scientists are rewarded?