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Opinion: In Publishing, Don’t Make the Perfect the Enemy of the Good
All members of the scientific community must commit to taking the risks needed to change how research is shared and evaluated.
Opinion: In Publishing, Don’t Make the Perfect the Enemy of the Good
Opinion: In Publishing, Don’t Make the Perfect the Enemy of the Good

All members of the scientific community must commit to taking the risks needed to change how research is shared and evaluated.

All members of the scientific community must commit to taking the risks needed to change how research is shared and evaluated.

science publishing, opinion

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Opinion: The Problem with Preprints
Michael Mullins | Nov 1, 2021 | 4 min read
Preprints can be valuable additions to the scientific literature. But we must start seeing them as perishable commodities rather than akin to peer-reviewed, published studies.
Opinion: Scientists in the US and China Collaborating on COVID-19
Jenny J. Lee and John P. Haupt | Jun 22, 2020 | 4 min read
Despite high-profile political tensions between the two countries, researchers in the US and China are working together now more than ever, according to our bibliometric study.
Opinion: Postdocs as Competent Peer Reviewers
Gary McDowell and Rebeccah S. Lijek | Jan 22, 2020 | 3 min read
Constructively critiquing the scientific literature should be an essential part of the postdoctoral experience, and early career researchers have shown that they are up to the task.
Opinion: Can Prizes Help Women Shatter Science’s Glass Ceiling?
Marja Makarow | Oct 2, 2019 | 3 min read
As we await the announcement of the 2019 Nobel Prize winners, it’s time to question why female scientists still lag behind their male colleagues.
Opinion: Understanding and Coping With Rising Publication Costs
M. Bishr Omary and Theodore S. Lawrence | Sep 1, 2017 | 6 min read
As article processing charges top $5,000 at some research journals, authors and institutions have means of negotiating better deals or finding less expensive options.
Opinion: Pay-to-Play Publishing
Kailash Gupta | Sep 3, 2015 | 3 min read
Online scientific journals are sacrificing the quality of research articles to make a buck.
Opinion: Transparency in Science Publishing
Rebecca Lawrence | Aug 28, 2012 | 5 min read
As a new age in scholarly publishing dawns, improved standards for openness in communicating scientific information promise to eliminate biases and publication delays.
Opinion: OA Coming of Age
David Solomon and Bo-Christer Björk | Aug 6, 2012 | 3 min read
Open-access journals are reaching the same quality levels as their subscription counterparts.
Opinion: Missing Methods
Irwin H. Gelman | May 3, 2012 | 4 min read
A lack of methodological detail in the published literature threatens the foundation of scientific discourse.
Opinion: Academic Publishing Is Broken
Michael P. Taylor | Mar 19, 2012 | 5 min read
The current system by which academics publish their scientific discoveries is a massive waste of money.
Opinion: Confounded Cancer Markers
Vincent Detours | Dec 7, 2011 | 3 min read
Prognostic signatures have become popular tools in cancer research, but it turns out signatures made of random genes are prognostic as well.
Opinion: Ghost Writing is Fraudulent
Simon Stern and Trudo Lemmens | Nov 2, 2011 | 3 min read
A legal remedy is needed to curb unethical “guest authorship” in medical journals.
To Err is Human
Sarah Greene | Feb 1, 2011 | 3 min read
This is your brain on emotions.
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