science publishing, science communication

Notable quotes from the American Association for the Advancement of Science annual meeting

With its recruitment of dedicated “preprint editors,” PLOS Genetics makes official the practice of soliciting non-peer–reviewed manuscripts posted online. 

Human-Neanderthal inbreeding; “personal genetics” is a family matter; studying city-dwelling rats; science reporting without embargoes

The Journal of Brief Ideas, a platform that publishes 200-word articles, launches in beta.

The research community doesn’t need more journals. It’s time we embrace non-traditional publishing platforms.

The moderators of the post-publication peer review forum say they could be facing their first legal case.

The Kardashian Index reflects how a scientist’s social media presence stacks up against her citation record.

Blood-based Alzheimer’s diagnostics; CRISPR cuts out HIV; Leishmania and the sand fly microbiome; deconstructing the lionfish science fair debacle

US scientists are more likely to coauthor papers with researchers of similar ethnicity to themselves, but manuscripts with a more diverse list of authors have greater impact, a study shows.

Scientists must find a way to estimate the seemingly immeasurable impact of their research efforts.

Panelists and attendees at the American Society for Cell Biology annual meeting considered the future of peer review and journal impact factors.

PubMed launches Commons; measuring HIV’s latent reservoir; immune-related pathway variation in genome, microbiome; rapamycin and flu vaccines; grasshopper mice resistant to pain

The launch of PubMed Commons highlights the pros and cons of re-reviewing published papers. 

On whether online comments help or hurt science

Fraudulent journal editor?; fat cells detect temp, generate heat; the importance of social media in science communication; functional livers from iPSCs; antibiotics damage mitochondria