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Archives: PubMed

A Confusion of Journals — What Is PubMed Now?

PubMed is found to contain predatory journals and publishers, likely reflecting a long-term and broader problem, which only adds to the confusion about what exactly PubMed represents at this point.

  • By Kent Anderson
  • Sep 7, 2017
  • 26 Comments

Who Has All the Content?

Several services attempt to gather up “all” of the content across publishers. This post provides an overview and taxonomy.

  • By Roger C. Schonfeld
  • Feb 23, 2017
  • 20 Comments

Guest Post: Kent Anderson UPDATED — 96 Things Publishers Do (2016 Edition)

Kent Anderson returns to update his essential list of just what it is that publishers do.

  • By Kent Anderson
  • Feb 1, 2016
  • 19 Comments

Discovery and Access in Light of the Ebola Outbreak

Several researchers recently “stumbled across” an article indicating the reasonable likelihood that Liberia would be faced with cases of Ebola. Public health officials had not acted on this known likelihood. The question is why.

  • By Roger C. Schonfeld
  • Apr 20, 2015
  • 9 Comments

UPDATED — 82 Things Publishers Do (2014 Edition)

The annual update to the list adds some important items overlooked on prior versions, including design, enforcement of editorial policies, and Board interactions.

  • By Kent Anderson
  • Oct 21, 2014
  • 7 Comments

Layers Upon Layers — Taking Advantage of the Great Infrastructure Build-Out of the Twenty Aughts

The infrastructure layers that are emerging specifically for scholarly publishers, authors, and readers are yielding new services and even more layers. What’s next? And what’s missing?

  • By Kent Anderson
  • Mar 13, 2014
  • 9 Comments

PubMed Central Revealed — Reviewing and Interpreting the Findings of a Surprising 2013

As requested, here is a summary of all the things found so far through the FOIA requests regarding PubMed Central — from eLife to BMC to JMLA to conflicts of interest to coverups. It’s quite a fetch.

  • By Kent Anderson
  • Dec 24, 2013
  • 56 Comments

Getting Open Access Embargoes Right: Rational Policy Must Be Evidence-Based

A new study, out today, takes a broad look at the usage lives of scholarly journal articles. The information it contains is vital for achieving the balance necessary for Green OA policies to work.

  • By David Crotty
  • Dec 18, 2013
  • 32 Comments

Link Miser — Why the NLM Links to PubMed Central Versions Directly from PubMed Search Results

Why does PubMed preferentially link to PMC versions in its search result lists? Emails from 2011 suggest it’s specifically to generate more traffic to PMC and show off NLM services.

  • By Kent Anderson
  • Oct 8, 2013
  • 3 Comments

Redundant and Expensive – How F1000 Research’s Model Reveals the Root Problems of PubMed Central

More internal PubMed Central emails show quite clearly that PMC is wasting taxpayers’ money solving problems publishers have already solved.

  • By Kent Anderson
  • May 13, 2013
  • 3 Comments

Don't Miss Another Hour with the Chefs, and Other Highlights — The SSP Annual Meeting in San Francisco

The Chefs are headed to San Francisco for another lively session closing out the SSP Annual Meeting. A range of topics and opinions will serve as dessert for a terrific meeting.

  • By Kent Anderson
  • May 6, 2013
  • 1 Comment

Seeking Acceptance at F1000 Research — Early Problems With Identity and Outsourced Authority

Articles are published before they’re reviewed; doubts about a paper are viewed as a positive status; papers only need to contain “science;” review and revision can continue forever; and PubMed Central is their certifying entity. Welcome to the world of F1000 Research.

  • By Kent Anderson
  • Apr 25, 2013
  • 21 Comments

PubMed Central Reduces Publisher Traffic, Study Shows

PubMed Central reduces article downloads from 14 biomedical society websites when articles are made freely available after embargo.

  • By Phil Davis
  • Apr 4, 2013
  • 20 Comments

How Rigorous Is the Post-publication Review Process at F1000 Research?

Comparing the length of post-publication peer reviews in F1000 Research to those done pre-publication in four major medical journals shows authors are less likely to receive constructive or substantial criticism with F1000 Research reviews, despite a highly academic reviewer pool.

  • By Tim Vines
  • Mar 27, 2013
  • 46 Comments

The eLife Story Continues — Evasions Seem the Best We Can Expect

The continued silence from major funders involved in the eLife-PubMed Central scandal is creating a noise all its own.

  • By Kent Anderson
  • Feb 28, 2013
  • 1 Comment
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