Top Posts from August 2019
Smelly e-books, bioRxiv, CrossRef, OMICS, and new NIH policies led the charge
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"Restaurant: Impossible" and Money
A Friday rumination about food, happiness, money, and human dignity
PeerJ Preprints Succumbs
A retreat from preprints may reflect the thin ice of these initiatives overall
A Daily Flood of Press Releases
The volume of PR around science is substantial, but does stymie effectiveness?
Friday Song: "Unchain My Heart"
An upbeat song about dying love connects two great singers across the decades
How's socRxiv Doing?
Not many publications come out of it, usage is dropping, and revisions are drying up
There’s Another New NIH OA Policy
The "cancer moonshot" is another deviation as the NIH moves to pathos to push OA
Is HEAL a Gateway Policy?
The NIH wants papers about opioids made OA and CC-BY, with data sharing
Merit, Luck, and Disruption
Good luck is not validation or permission, and bad luck shouldn't lead to disruption
Friday Song: "Ex's and Oh's" by Elle King
A dance hit with a surprising amount of complexity and in a minor key to make it sassy