Unmeasurable Science
On Wednesday PLoS BLOGs launched with a splash. We (both PLoS BLOGs as a whole and me individually) got a lot of positive feedback and words of encouragement – so we are off to a good start....
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Welcome to Gobbledygook
In his introductory post, PLoS community manager Brian Mossop talks about how PLoS Blogs came to life, and the lessons...
Bye-Bye Nature Network
This is my last post for this Nature Network blog. Later today, I will start a new blog somewhere else...
Elsevier launches SciVerse, integrates ScienceDirect + Scopus + More
Elsevier on Saturday launched SciVerse, the new Elsevier platform that combines ScienceDirect (full-text journal articles) and Scopus (abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed literature). In 2011 SciTopics (research summaries) will also be integrated and outside developers...
Supplementary Information: should I stay or should I go?
On August 11, the Journal of Neuroscience published an Announcement Regarding Supplemental Material by Editor-in-Chief John Maunsell. In it John Maunsell announces that the journal in November will stop accepting supplementary material in article submissions. The...
Book Review: Cognitive Surplus by Clay Shirky
In his new book Cognitive Surplus Clay Shirky argues that in the last 50 years many of those living in...