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PLOS Biology: Expert Failure: Re-evaluating Research Assessment
Do what you can today; help disrupt and redesign the scientific norms around how we assess, search, and filter science. via PLOS Biology: Expert Failure: Re-evaluating Research Assessment. You know,...
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What does it mean to prepare for life in ‘Humanity 2.0’?
Francis Rememdios has organized a session at the 4S Annual Meeting in which he, David Budtz Pedersen, and I will serve as critics of Steve Fuller’s book Preparing for Life in Humanity 2.0. We’ll be...
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Apparently NSF Grant Applicants Still Allergic To Broader Impacts
Originally posted on Pasco Phronesis: The Consortium of Social Science Associations held its Annual Colloquium on Social And Behavioral Sciences and Public Policy earlier this week. Amongst the...
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What a difference a day makes: How social media is transforming scientific...
This is definitely worth a look, whether you’re into the idea of post-publication peer review or not. What a difference a day makes: How social media is transforming scientific debate (with tweets) ·...
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AIBS Public Programs — Faces of Biology
The contest was an opportunity for members of the scientific community to showcase the broader impacts of the biological sciences, including informing natural resources management, addressing climate...
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Peter Higgs: I wouldn’t be productive enough for today’s academic system |...
To what degree is quantity being substituted for quality in today’s research assessment exercises? This strikes me as a symptom of the overvaluation of efficiency. Higgs said he became \”an...
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How journals like Nature, Cell and Science are damaging science | Randy...
These journals aggressively curate their brands, in ways more conducive to selling subscriptions than to stimulating the most important research. Like fashion designers who create limited-edition...
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Feature: The REF – how was it for you? | Features | Times Higher Education
Feature: The REF – how was it for you? | Features | Times Higher Education.Filed under: Autonomy and Accountability, Impact
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Publishers withdraw more than 120 gibberish papers : Nature News & Comment
Publishers withdraw more than 120 gibberish papers : Nature News & Comment. Thanks to one of my students — Addison Amiri — for pointing out this piece by @Richvn.Filed under: altmetrics, Autonomy...
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Modernising Research Monitoring in Europe | Center for the Science of Science...
The tracking of the use of research has become central to the measurement of research impact. While historically this tracking has meant using citations to published papers, the results are old,...
View ArticleThoughts from the Public Philosophy Network 2018 Conference
First, I’ve been away from my own blog for far too long. My apologies. Second, no more ‘Press This’?! Ugh. So, here is a LINK to the full program of PPN 2018. Most of these thoughts were generated...
View ArticleWhat’s ‘unethical’ about Plan S?
In a recent blog post, my co-authors and I refer to Plan S as ‘unethical’. Doing so has upset Marc Schiltz, President of Science Europe. 1/3 Well, it starts with the title, where Plan S is bluntly...
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On the “Myth” of Academic Freedom
In a recent post of the F1000 Blog, Rebecca Lawrence suggests that academic freedom is more myth than reality: Academic freedom? Other criticisms [of Plan S] focus on possible effects from the point of...
View ArticleOn Academic Freedom and Responsibility
Today, Stephen Curry published a piece on his blog on “Academic freedom and responsibility: why Plan S is not unethical,” and I want to offer a response to some of his arguments here. The first thing...
View ArticleRobert-Jan Smits on Plan S
I haven’t watched this, yet; but I feel it’s important to put it here to provide context.
View ArticleOn Open Access, Academic Freedom, and Science Policy — A Reply to Suber
I have argued that Plan S, if we were to take the 10 principles as currently written as policy, would impinge on academic freedom. It’s interesting who dismisses this claim out of hand and who actually...
View ArticleIf you take the red pill, Plan S will show you the way to academic freedom
As readers of this blog and a few people on Twitter know, I’ve been talking a lot recently about academic freedom, especially as it relates to Plan S. In case anyone wants to explore the blog or things...
View ArticleDraft “Guidance on the Implementation of Plan S” fails to alleviate concerns...
Earlier this week, cOAlition S released its draft Guidance on the Implementation of Plan S, which retains the requirement that publications resulting from cOAlition S funding be licensed under terms...
View ArticleConcerning CC BY mandates, part 2
In my last post, I addressed those who fail to understand why anyone would object to funders mandating CC BY licenses for all publications that result from research they support. There, I made a...
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