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A disunited front

October 13, 2020October 14, 2020 ~ Brooke Morriswood ~ 1 Comment
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Scotland Forever! by Elizabeth Thompson, Lady Butler

Almost everybody agrees that the scientific publishing paradigm has to change – but that change might come faster if progressives could agree on what to alter first. Continue reading →

The 9 types of academic authors

June 24, 2020June 24, 2020 ~ Brooke Morriswood ~ 1 Comment
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Nowadays it’s pretty standard for an academic paper to have a long list of authors – but who are those authors anyway? Continue reading →

Lip service and walking the walk

February 20, 2020 ~ Brooke Morriswood ~ Leave a comment

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The Natalie Portman – Rose McGowan spat illustrates a fundamental difference in activist behaviour.  Continue reading →

Preprints and direct democracy

December 5, 2019 ~ Brooke Morriswood ~ Leave a comment
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L. S. Lowry, “Punch and Judy”.

Scientific publishing is in a revolutionary phase, with some instructive lessons to draw from the political arena.  Continue reading →

Forks in the road (a short guide to career options in science)

October 28, 2019 ~ Brooke Morriswood ~ 1 Comment

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There are many different careers to be had in science, of which academia only encompasses a fraction. Here’s an overview of the whole spectrum. Continue reading →

Obstetrics and review merits

October 3, 2019 ~ Brooke Morriswood ~ 6 Comments

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The new Review Commons initiative from EMBO Press and ASAPbio is another significant development for the progressive movement in scientific publishing. Continue reading →

Neither chickens nor toadies

July 25, 2019 ~ Brooke Morriswood ~ Leave a comment
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Caspar David Friedrich, “The Chasseur in the Forest”

Might waiving anonymity actually improve the fairness of peer review? Continue reading →

The nine types of peer reviewer

June 5, 2019June 4, 2020 ~ Brooke Morriswood ~ 2 Comments
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Time for another lighthearted posting! TIR profiles some of the main types of peer reviewer out there… Continue reading →

Long players

March 20, 2019 ~ Brooke Morriswood ~ Leave a comment
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Albert Chevallier Tayler “Kent vs Lancashire 1906”

No matter what the changes to the dissemination of research findings, there will always be a need for scientific papers. Continue reading →

Use-by data

January 14, 2019 ~ Brooke Morriswood ~ Leave a comment

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It’s not just food that goes off. Continue reading →

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