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Category Archives: science publishing
Survey results: Journal solicitations from preprint servers
Last December, we posed the question Should journals solicit submissions from preprint archives? and solicited feedback from the community on whether this was a promising path forward for the field. First off, thank you to the 145 people who responded … Continue reading
Should journals solicit submissions from preprint archives?
The use of preprints has increased drastically in the life sciences over the past few years. Preprints are manuscripts submitted to open access servers prior to, or in some cases instead of, formal publication. One popular preprint server is bioRxiv (although there … Continue reading
To present data is human, to communicate data is divine
Finding new and engaging ways to communicate science is of paramount importance. But, how many opportunities are there to practice the art of communication? That’s how I began the lead-in piece for a series of student posts over a year … Continue reading
Posted in blogging, community, Science Communication, science publishing
Tagged Blogging, Evolution, scicomm, Science Communication, students, UAB
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Of Of Mice and Men: High school English class lives on in scientific paper titles
Writing titles for scientific papers is hard. The title is the one element of the paper everyone reads if they so much as skim a journal’s table of contents e-mail. These days, you also want something that’ll fit in a … Continue reading
Posted in just for fun, methods, science publishing
Tagged Charles Dickens, George Orwell, Jane Austen, John Steinbeck, Jules Verne, Mark Twain, Oscar Wilde, Rudyard Kipling
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I think we’re NOT alone now
Finding new and engaging ways to communicate science is of paramount importance. But, how many opportunities are there to practice the art of communication? When can we try out different methods of distilling science? It seems that these chances are … Continue reading
Posted in blogging, career, community, interview, science publishing
Tagged career, Friends of Joe's Big Idea, networking, scicomm, Science Communication, students
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An Update on the Great BAMM Controversy
Update, 01 August 2016, 2:50PM. This post has been updated to include information contained in the supplemental material of Rabosky et al. 2017, and clarify the difference between branch-specific and tree-wide rate variation. Back in August, I summarized the main … Continue reading
Posted in blogging, evolution, methods, phylogenetics, science publishing, software, speciation
Tagged BAMM, diversification, extinction, macroevolution
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The Fourth Reviewer: Pre-print reviews, parental monikers, and points for student participation
Tim Vines is an evolutionary ecologist who found his calling in the process of peer review. He was Managing Editor of Molecular Ecology from 2008 to 2015, launched The Molecular Ecologist in 2010, and he’s now the founder and Managing Editor of Axios Review. Here, Tim … Continue reading
Posted in community, peer review, science publishing, The Fourth Reviewer
Tagged diction, grad school, pre-print servers
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The Fourth Reviewer: What problem is open peer review trying to solve?
Tim Vines is an evolutionary ecologist who found his calling in the process of peer review. He was Managing Editor of Molecular Ecology from 2008 to 2015, launched The Molecular Ecologist in 2010, and is the founder and Managing Editor of Axios Review. Here, Tim is … Continue reading
Posted in community, peer review, science publishing, The Fourth Reviewer
Tagged open peer review
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The Fourth Reviewer: More suggestions about suggesting reviewers
Tim Vines is an evolutionary ecologist who found his calling in the process of peer review. He was Managing Editor of Molecular Ecology from 2008 to 2015, launched The Molecular Ecologist in 2010, and is the founder and Managing Editor … Continue reading
The Fourth Reviewer: Help! A reviewer just contacted me directly.
Tim Vines is an evolutionary ecologist who found his calling in the process of peer review. He was Managing Editor of Molecular Ecology from 2008 to 2015, he launched The Molecular Ecologist in 2010, and he’s the founder and Managing … Continue reading
Posted in community, peer review, science publishing, The Fourth Reviewer
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