Somewhere over the rainbow
Somewhere in the depths of PLoS One an article lurks… Liz Allen and her friends at the Wellcome performed an interesting study on papers that came out of labs that were at least partially funded by...
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More than a number (in my little red book)
Shirley Wu kicked off an interesting conversation on Friendfeed yesterday, reporting on a conversation that questioned the ‘quality’ of our old friend PLoS One. Now there’s a debate that’s going to go...
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Publish or perish – a question of ethics
I got a very strong sense of deja vu when leafing through PLoS Biol recently. I was sure I had seen something very similar to Jeffrey Shaman’s paper Absolute Humidity and the Seasonal Onset of...
View ArticleThere may be trouble ahead…
Just a quick update. You may have seen Kent Anderson’s broadside aimed squarely at PLoS, specifically PLoS ONE. This engendered a huge comment thread, and a robust defence by Cameron Neylon (you should...
View ArticleYou want it, you pay for it
Via a tweet from Chris Surridge (Chief Editor and Associate Publisher, Nature Protocols) I found Richard Poynder‘s potted history of PLoS ONE. Fair warning though: that link goes to a short teaser; the...
View ArticleFree Science…
We have a little bit of an interest in Open Access here at F1000 (yes, I know F1000 itself is a subscription service, but bear with me). We’re part of the same company that brought you BioMed Central;...
View ArticleBiomarkers: a pile of CRP?
Here at F1000 we’re big fans of John Ioannidis’s work. He continues to be a zealous (in the best sense) promoter of the basic tenets of the scientific method and the design, execution and reporting of...
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In search of article-level impact with PLOS
All articles published in Public Library of Science (PLOS) journals that have been recommended in F1000Prime – more than 3000 articles – now include the F1000Prime recommended badge and score. PLOS...
View ArticleMichael Eisen joins Faculty of 1000’s International Advisory Board
We are delighted to welcome Michael Eisen to F1000’s International Advisory Board. Michael Eisen initially joined F1000 in September 2001 as a Faculty Member in the Genomics & Genetics Faculty....
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