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Buried in the Matryoshka — Unpacking the "Value Add" of Peer Review

Publishers often slap labels on activities that are complex, expensive, and high-value. Worse, we often accept people calling these activities “value-add” when they are core functions of how scientific information shared.

  • By Kent Anderson
  • Nov 25, 2014
  • 6 Comments

CC-Bye Bye! Some Consequences of Unfettered Reproduction Rights Become Clearer

Authors should not be surprised when their open access articles show up in surprising places. Is it possible to embrace open access with some restrictions?

  • By Phil Davis
  • May 23, 2013
  • 33 Comments

The FDA Spies On Its Own Scientists — Cloaks and Daggers Emerge When Scientists and Authorities Clash

A lurid story of intramural hijinks at the FDA shows how far from mission an organization can drift when it gets its priorities wrong.

  • By Kent Anderson
  • Jul 17, 2012
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Measuring the Wrong Things — Has the Scientific Method Been Compromised By Careerism?

As we continue to measure the number of papers, citations, and the combination, perhaps we should be measuring a much lower number — the number of studies that can be replicated after publication.

  • By Kent Anderson
  • Dec 15, 2011
  • 47 Comments

Ghostwriters & Ghostresearchers: Supernatural Forces in Scholarship

Ghostwriters and unnamed contract researchers might scare up controversy, and frighten away the truth. And they’re only part of the problem.

  • By Kent Anderson
  • Aug 10, 2009
  • 3 Comments

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