OA vs. Nascent Communities
With "special issues" and reviewers being asked to edit as well, OA publishers are gutting communities and adding to academic burdens
Kent Anderson
Song: “Primadonna Like Me”
Looking as if Queen and Aerosmith had a child who was then raised by the Rolling Stones and Prince, The Struts are top-shelf performers who have only sporadically made inroads on the US charts with songs like “Body Talks.” Nevertheless, they have a large and growing fan base that
Charleston Talk — Community
Journals are more than research, and trusted intermediaries are necessary for a marketplace of ideas
Bad Data Stewardship Update
The two preprint studies both concealed their underlying data, making replication or secondary analysis difficult or impossible
The Inequities and Risks of Free
"Free" sounds equitable, but in the information space, it creates at least two major inequities
Friday Song: “Operator”
A 1972 classic, written by an artists whose potential was cut short far too soon.
Results — Introverts/Extroverts
We're not a very extroverted group overall, introverts have to force it, and extroverts get more rewards
Two Bizarre Preprint Studies
Sure to be touted by believers, the studies are inadequate, overblown, and the authors won't reveal their data
The OSTP Memo Gets Grilled
The House Science, Space and Technology Committee comes down on the OSTP's approach and process
eLife Hits Rock Bottom
eLife's new approach may take it out of the realm of journals, and clearly caters to author self-interest