Blogs selected for Week December 31, 2018 to January 6, 2019
1. Peer-reviewed physics for Wikipedia: PLOS ONE Topic Pages Science Wikipedia pages are not just for non-experts. Physicists – researchers, professors, and students – use Wikipedia daily. Despite Wikipedia’s importance as a resource for both practicing physicists and the wider community, it is rare for professional physicists to contribute, in part because there are few, […]
Read moreBlogs selected for Week December 24 to December 30, 2018
1. More science than you think is retracted. Even more should be. Every retraction tells a story. At least half the time, that story involves misconduct or fraud. But sometimes retractions tell tales of science working just as it should, without misconduct. Although retractions are considered the nuclear option in scholarly publishing, they are really […]
Read moreBlogs selected for Week December 17 to December 23, 2018
1. Reinvent scientific publishing with blockchain technology If the open flow of scientific information is a fundamental part of science, then the scientific community is in trouble. Academic publishers, which dominate scientific publishing, reap great financial rewards from the work done by scientists, who are often frustrated and handcuffed by the process. If harnessed correctly, […]
Read moreBlogs selected for Week December 10 to December 16, 2018
1. Why Is the Digital Preservation Network Disbanding? The long term stewardship of digital objects and collections through digital preservation is an essential imperative for scholarship and society. Yet the Digital Preservation Network is disbanding. What lessons can be learned from its struggle? Roger C. Schonfeld, in his post in the Scholarly Kitchen Blog, examines […]
Read moreBlogs selected for Week December 3 to December 9, 2018
1. Postdocs trying to transition to non-academic careers should be offered more support by their supervisors and universities Despite the position being billed as a stepping stone on the way to tenure-track academic employment, many postdocs, discouraged by their poor prospects, are questioning their career choices and instead looking to non-academic jobs as an alternative. […]
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