[…] that going to be? As an experiment, this seems underpowered in major ways. It almost seems cynical, akin to Nature’s peer–review experiment. Too little time is being given for a true experiment, and there are deep, intrinsic problems not in […]
[…] redundant and effortfully incendiary rhetoric that draws bad-faith moral authority from the word “science” and from occasional invocations of “ peer–reviewed” thises and thats. Under cover of intellectual rigor, the science bloggers — or many of the most visible ones, […]
[…] scale of the effort and to reflect our long-standing involvement in the field by sharing the experimental results through accredited, peer–reviewed journals. Elsevier is proud to support these unique early collaborative efforts of the high energy physics community. I applaud […]
[…] process and outcome information, scenarios considered, implementation recommendations and provide routes for republication and sharing — with or without further peer review The LANL author team is not alone in exploring this terrain. Collexis is another highly visible proponent of semantic technologies […]
[…] PageRank, which is very reminiscent of citations and impact factors. Wikipedia works because it is like a living form of peer–review around a popular reference work. Reputations, track-records, and citations — sounds awfully familiar. To me, telling people they have […]
[…] certainly low on the list for most universities is what is derisively called “popularization,” which means writing not for one’s peers but for the broader public. Writing for the public — a public, after all, that avidly watches reality TV […]
[…] the score — a portion that is weighted to have even more influence — is based on subjective opinions of peers and students and alumni. It has scale, because everyone uses it. And it does damage by driving inequality in […]
A new book reviews various instances of piracy in the media industry and proposes using Big Data analyses as a means to manage it.