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Category Archives: publication
Publication tag clouds
Brian’s had the cool idea of summarising some of his pending scientific papers using tag clouds, and I’m joining Lab Lemming, ReBecca and Maria in jumping on the bandwagon. The following two clouds, which may or may not provide some … Continue reading
Nature Geoscience: cutting edge or consolation prize?
This month saw the launch of the first issue of Nature‘s latest specialist offshoot, Nature Geoscience. This is a monthly publication presumably designed to act as a clearing house for those contributions which don’t quite have the pizzazz to make … Continue reading
Resubmission
Long-term readers of this blog may recall that just before I moved out to Johannesburg (and onto Scienceblogs), I got back some rather robust reviews for two papers based on my PhD research which I’d submitted some months previously. Although … Continue reading
In defence of the scientific paper
Janet brings us some rather vitriolic criticism by Sir Peter Medewar: The scientific paper in its orthodox form does embody a totally mistaken conception, even a travesty, of the nature of scientific thought. The argument seems to be that the … Continue reading
When reviewers go bad
Is there a way to neuter anonymous hatchet-job reviews?
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Real peer review
In theory, peer review is the sacred core of the self-correcting machinery of science. But what’s it like in practice?
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The five stages of peer review grief
In the midst of all the good things that have happened to me recently, I also got some rather less cheerful news: a couple of papers I submitted way back in the middle of last year finally arrived back in … Continue reading
