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Will Citation Distributions Reduce Impact Factor Abuses?

Publishing a histogram of a journal’s citation distribution won’t alleviate Impact Factor abuse. At best, it will be ignored. At worse, it will generate confusion.

  • By Phil Davis
  • Jul 18, 2016
  • 19 Comments

Game of Papers: eLife, BMC, PLoS and EMBO Announce New Peer Review Consortium

eLife, BioMed Central (BMC), the Public Library of Science (PLoS), and the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO) will be forming a new peer review consortium based around the concept of what eLife calls “portable peer review.”

  • By Michael Clarke
  • Jul 15, 2013
  • 34 Comments

The Hall of Mirrors — Trying to Explain Why Users Value Free Content Differently

Why would free content be differentially accessed across versions of it, and across publications? A dive into PLoS data leads to a potentially reassuring answer.

  • By Kent Anderson
  • Nov 28, 2012
  • 49 Comments

Giving Open Access a Bad Name

Scientist, editor, and OA advocate Jonathan A. Eisen rages against an infamous author-pays OA publisher.

  • By Phil Davis
  • Nov 23, 2009
  • 2 Comments

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