Ghostwriting can haunt medical journals
(newsworks.org): Drug companies often have a hand in the research that ends up on the pages of medical journals. They pay for the research and often hire medical writers to help draft the stories. Company employees are often listed among the authors. All that, said Dr. John Abramson, a lecturer… Read More
Is Science Communication Returning to Its Roots?
(wired.com): Many find unacceptable the domination of a few journals and the huge profits made by some publishers from the scientific value produced by others, and the open access has begun for these and other reasons. Open access articles are increasing rapidly, and just in the past few years we… Read More
Google tablets seen overtaking iPad in 5 years
(economictimes.indiatimes.com): Tablet computers running Google's Android software will catch up with Apple's iPad and surpass it in 2016, according to research firm Informa. Informa said it expects Apple's current 75 percent market share to fall to 39 percent in 2015, when Android market share will grow to 38 percent. Read More
Copyright or copywrong? How journals control access to research
(theconversation.edu.au): The open access argument does not apply to literature that does return royalties to the author. Indeed, the less money universities tie up in the expensive acquisition of the refereed research literature, the more would be available to buy publications that do return royalties to authors and their publishers. Read More
Universities Join Together to Support Open-Access Policies
(chronicle.com): The University of Kansas has had a faculty-approved open-access mandate in place since 2009. What it hasn’t had is a group of like-minded institutions to share ideas with about how to support such policies. Kansas and 21 other universities and colleges recently announced that they’re joining forces to form… Read More
Universities opting-out of access copyright
(p2pnet.net): The shift away from Access Copyright marks the culmination of years of technological change within Canadian education that has resulted in new ways for professors to disseminate research and educational materials as well as greater reliance by students on the Internet, electronic materials, and portable computers. Ten years ago,… Read More
How one small fix could open access to research
(theconversation.edu.au): Universities already stockpile academic papers so they can report their output to the government. But stockpiling the wrong version of the paper can restrict their right to make the paper available on open access. Read More
One Librarian’s Opinion – eBooks? pBooks?
(lisnews.org): The e-book reading experience is better than online, but booklovers know the satisfaction of getting immersed in a good book, its heft, texture, and smell, the flow of text generating mental images superior to any video. The codex book, printed on paper and bound on one side, still appeals… Read More
A review of peer reviewing: more transparency, please
(fortnightlyreview.co.uk): Peer review in scholarly publishing, in one form or another, has always been regarded as crucial to the reputation and reliability of scientific research. In recent years there have been an increasing number of reports and articles assessing the current state of peer review. In view of the importance… Read More
Universities Get Advice on How to Avoid Ghostwriting Scandals in Research Articles
(chronicle.com): Universities have been struggling for years with the problem of researchers who let industry-financed ghostwriters draft biased summaries of their work for publication in medical journals. They're now getting some blunt advice on how to stop it, including from perhaps the most qualified experts: the ghostwriters themselves.. Read More
