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[31 Aug 10: 19:42]
Nice read: Neuroscientist’s Embarrassment: Artificial Intelligence’s Opportunity. Mark Changizi

[27 Aug 10: 01:31]
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[29 Jul 10: 01:55]
Just as now access to drinking water is a human right, access to the literature should be a scientific right.

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Non-obsolete function of journals discovered
I discoverd the function this morning, browsing through results from a literature search. And let me emphasize, it's not obsolete, yet. This function may be totally obvious and trivial to you, but it struck me as notewor...[more]
journals   science publishing   
Posted on Wednesday 26 August 2009 - 13:19:45

Clay Shirky: It's Not Information Overload. It's Filter Failure.
Via Coturnix (see also FF):



I'm resharing this as it pertains to the discussion of scientific publishing reform. Clay hits the nail on the head in that filtering at the source is now obsolete. In scientific terms, traditi...[more]
science publishing   journals   information filtering   
Posted on Monday 20 October 2008 - 03:49:25

Do you know how to manufacture a biface?
Just in case you don't know, a biface is a stone age tool. If you don't know how to make one, maybe you know how to forge damascus steel? No? How about using a slide ruler? A sextant? How about steering a horse carriage ...[more]
science publishing   journals   telegraph   biface   
Posted on Wednesday 02 September 2009 - 08:49:10

Australasian Journal of Bone and Joint Medicine
Australasian Journal of Bone and Joint Medicinevia Bill Hooker.

If you don't get it, because you spent the last few weeks in a cave or something, read here, here, here, here and of course here. UPDATE: Latest coverage: Bad Science!...[more]
Merck   Elsevier   science publishing   journals   
Posted on Monday 11 May 2009 - 03:46:01

When even Impact Factors don't help any more
"Excellence Programs" are all the rage right now, especially here in Germany. In a widely publicized nationwide competition, our university (the Freie Universität Berlin) was awarded the title "Excellence University" - ...[more]
Impact Factor   Cell   Neuron   journals   publishing   
Posted on Friday 30 October 2009 - 05:28:33

Journals a threat to science?
"Universities get the publication process they deserve. They have the financial power to change it to suit the twenty-first century – they haven’t done so. They must.", says Peter Murray-Rust in his blog post on the ...[more]
science publishing   impact factor   murray-rust   journals   
Posted on Thursday 13 August 2009 - 11:03:43

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