Funders, Feudalism, and Plan S
The idea that money validates governance is permeating publishing and education
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Is It Now Risky to Name Peer Reviewers?
With structural bullying and attacks on referees, anonymity may be the best approach
Postdoc Profile: Kenton Hetrick, PhD
Where we encounter the term "permadoc," and other aspects of postdoc life
Preprints: "Bring Out Your Dead"
Hosting hundreds of doomed papers per month, what are preprint servers really doing?
The Forest of the SPARC Landscape
Focusing on various trees isn't as useful as realizing some are heading into the woods
The Subversion of Referees
Michael Lewis hits upon another deep theme of the modern era
PubMed's Failures Draw Scrutiny
Flagged years ago, the lack of standards and OA bias are becoming more obvious
Making Your Publications Regenerative
How to create media that doesn't exhaust or exploit users, but makes lives easier
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Some Psychology of Open Peer Review
Anchoring, framing, and other biases can be set by the preceding reviewer