Authors Still Face Rough Roads
It's hard to get worked up when we seem unwilling to address the root causes
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With Loneliness, It’s the Little Things
A survey appears to confirm we miss small moments of recognition and connection
Great First Lines of Famous Songs
Potent lyrics + memorable songs = cultural touchstones
Top Stories — and Discount Offers
From political donations to preprints to paywalls, the past month has been busy
No Surprise — Readers Prefer the VoR
A study from Springer Nature and Research Gate reminds us what users value
Zenodo Finally Responds to Pressure
Called out by a Harvard watchdog and the Washington Post, it begins to act
An "Open" Cluster Headache
Wellcome Open Research and medRxiv share a preprint — and it's another mess
It’s Good to Be a Reject
Citations, downloads, indexing — a scientific report gets all this, even if it's rejected
Friday Song: "Your Mama Don't Dance"
A throwaway song done waiting for the band became a tandem's signature number
Wellcome Open Research's Weak Flex
Four years in, the F1000-powered site remains confusing and unpopular with authors