The first results of eLife’s pioneering peer review system might point to the future of scientific publication. Continue reading
Publishing
Paper Diplomacy
What we say and what we mean in our responses to reviewers. Continue reading
TIR film club: Blade Runner
TIR reimagines Ridley Scott’s dystopian science-fiction classic “Blade Runner” for a modern PhD/postdoc audience. Continue reading
Hat tip: let’s hear it for the good guys
A team of good guys band together to take on a rampaging behemoth. Continue reading
Can, can’t, Canute
How much can one individual do to influence the output of a field? Continue reading
Words and pictures
Getting them aligned isn’t always easy.
Impact factors and batting averages
Journals like to pretend that the impact factor is like a batting average in sports. But it’s not.
I’ve seen the future, and it’s salami
Scientific papers have become too long. It’s time to move in the opposite direction. Continue reading
First past the post
A quick tip of the hat this week from TIR to Nature Communications. In an editorial published on September 12, they have announced that from now on they will list (on an opt-in basis) all preprints undergoing review for publication in the journal. The move is an important step in the ongoing change to the way that priority of discovery is determined in research. Continue reading
Raise a glass (you deserve it)
It’s a shame that the prevailing emotion upon acceptance of a paper tends to be relief rather than elation. Continue reading
Total Internal Reflection 