The state of science, journals, peer-review, thoughts on Open Science, reproducibility, and Science 2.0.
Accompanying article at https://thewinnower.com/papers/open-evolution-and-revolution-in-science
How do large companies focus on innovation, new technologies and ideas, and energize employees? Lessons from our own journey from the leader of our Strategic Innovations Group, EVP Karen Dahut.
Hiring data scientists and deploying Hadoop is not enough. Your company needs a data driven culture, based on values such as honesty, democracy, creativity and strategy. Your company also needs good data engineering and good experimentation practices.
An enormous amount of valuable data is out there -- waiting to be transformed into mission-driving insights. But to excavate those insights, we must first assemble the right data science team.
Data Science For Social Scientists WorkshopIan Hopkinson
The slides from a Workshop presentation on Data Science and Big Data given to academic social scientists. Lots of links to sources, should be interesting to those outside the original target field.
Booz Allen's experts define the science and art of Data Science in the ground breaking The Field Guide to Data Science. The work unlocks the potential data provides in improving every aspect of our lives by explaining how to ask the right questions from data.
Booz Allen Hamilton created the Field Guide to Data Science to help organizations and missions understand how to make use of data as a resource. The Second Edition of the Field Guide, updated with new features and content, delivers our latest insights in a fast-changing field. http://bit.ly/1O78U42
Costas Markides, Professor of Strategy and Entrepreneurship, presented on how the technologies of social era are changing the way we do business, at London Business School's flagship event, the Global Leadership Summit.
Learn more about what happened at #2014GLS: http://bit.ly/1tI2kNn
Learn more about the Global Leadership Summit: http://gls.london.edu
How do large companies focus on innovation, new technologies and ideas, and energize employees? Lessons from our own journey from the leader of our Strategic Innovations Group, EVP Karen Dahut.
Hiring data scientists and deploying Hadoop is not enough. Your company needs a data driven culture, based on values such as honesty, democracy, creativity and strategy. Your company also needs good data engineering and good experimentation practices.
An enormous amount of valuable data is out there -- waiting to be transformed into mission-driving insights. But to excavate those insights, we must first assemble the right data science team.
Data Science For Social Scientists WorkshopIan Hopkinson
The slides from a Workshop presentation on Data Science and Big Data given to academic social scientists. Lots of links to sources, should be interesting to those outside the original target field.
Booz Allen's experts define the science and art of Data Science in the ground breaking The Field Guide to Data Science. The work unlocks the potential data provides in improving every aspect of our lives by explaining how to ask the right questions from data.
Booz Allen Hamilton created the Field Guide to Data Science to help organizations and missions understand how to make use of data as a resource. The Second Edition of the Field Guide, updated with new features and content, delivers our latest insights in a fast-changing field. http://bit.ly/1O78U42
Costas Markides, Professor of Strategy and Entrepreneurship, presented on how the technologies of social era are changing the way we do business, at London Business School's flagship event, the Global Leadership Summit.
Learn more about what happened at #2014GLS: http://bit.ly/1tI2kNn
Learn more about the Global Leadership Summit: http://gls.london.edu
Lee Rainie, director of Internet, Science and Technology research at Pew Research Center, will describe how the Center’s research provides guideposts for librarians along three dimensions of library activity: the people, the place, and the platform, at the VALA2016 conference in Melbourne, Australia.
Opening statement at the "Looking forward" panel at the 25 years of TREC celebration event, Nov 15th, 2016.
Webcast to appear within a week: https://www.nist.gov/news-events/events/2016/11/webcast-text-retrieval-conference
Measuring and Capturing Value of Government CommunicationGovLoop
Measuring and Capturing Value of Government Communication describes a methodology of government communications to go from clicks to engagement to real mission results
Gov 2.0 for Texas Certified Public Manager (CPM ) ProgramGovLoop
Workshop delivered for the Texas Certified Public Manager (CPM ) Program, June 2010.
For more information on Gov 2.0, please visit http://topics.govloop.com/gov20
During the COVID-19 Global Pandemic, there were multiple lessons provided to the world. In this talk, I set the stage for the discussion, highlight the issues we faced (and still face), I speak to an effort that contributed to help address one of those issues, then speak to future challenges and our responsibilities going forward.
An event in London for those interested in how psychology is applied in the world of assessment - with specific reference to psychometrics and personality questionnaire.
The increasing complexity of development, coupled with the widening range of public, nonprofit, and private sector actors and the demand for more timely feedback, has challenged the utility of conventional approaches to M&E in many development contexts. Though emerging ICTs offer promise, the methodological rigor of tech-enabled M&E has sometimes been questioned and viewed as unreliable in contemporary evaluation debates.
Despite this broad reluctance, M&E innovators are already experimenting in this new space. By reflecting on ways in which these innovators have begun to navigate new territory, and by exploring the great potential for technology to further transform and advance traditional evaluation methods, this paper aims to highlight the current state of tech-enabled M&E while also maintaining a critical perspective which recognizes the limitations and inherent risks which evaluators should remain mindful of when engaging in this new and exciting space.
In addition to providing financial support for the paper, The Rockefeller Foundation supported the M&E Tech Conference and Deep Dive in the fall of 2014 to gather M&E practitioners, technology developers, and leadership from a range of organizations and institutions to discuss opportunities, challenges, and a way forward in strengthening capacity in the area of tech-enabled M&E.
The report follows an intensive 12-month review of nearly 200 global publications including books, academic papers, national reports, think tank studies, research group offerings, company and management consultant pieces and a variety of other sources to create a comprehensive overview of the impact of AI on the professions.
https://cipr.co.uk/CIPR/Our_work/Policy/CIPR_Artificial_Intelligence_in_PR_panel.aspx
Ben Ambridge walks through 10 popular ideas about psychology that have been proven wrong and uncovers a few surprising truths about how our brains really work.
Jean-Claude Bradley presents an overview of Open Notebook Science at a Columbia panel on Open Science on February 19, 2009. The content of this presentation is targeted to a library services audience.
Lee Rainie, director of Internet, Science and Technology research at Pew Research Center, will describe how the Center’s research provides guideposts for librarians along three dimensions of library activity: the people, the place, and the platform, at the VALA2016 conference in Melbourne, Australia.
Opening statement at the "Looking forward" panel at the 25 years of TREC celebration event, Nov 15th, 2016.
Webcast to appear within a week: https://www.nist.gov/news-events/events/2016/11/webcast-text-retrieval-conference
Measuring and Capturing Value of Government CommunicationGovLoop
Measuring and Capturing Value of Government Communication describes a methodology of government communications to go from clicks to engagement to real mission results
Gov 2.0 for Texas Certified Public Manager (CPM ) ProgramGovLoop
Workshop delivered for the Texas Certified Public Manager (CPM ) Program, June 2010.
For more information on Gov 2.0, please visit http://topics.govloop.com/gov20
During the COVID-19 Global Pandemic, there were multiple lessons provided to the world. In this talk, I set the stage for the discussion, highlight the issues we faced (and still face), I speak to an effort that contributed to help address one of those issues, then speak to future challenges and our responsibilities going forward.
An event in London for those interested in how psychology is applied in the world of assessment - with specific reference to psychometrics and personality questionnaire.
The increasing complexity of development, coupled with the widening range of public, nonprofit, and private sector actors and the demand for more timely feedback, has challenged the utility of conventional approaches to M&E in many development contexts. Though emerging ICTs offer promise, the methodological rigor of tech-enabled M&E has sometimes been questioned and viewed as unreliable in contemporary evaluation debates.
Despite this broad reluctance, M&E innovators are already experimenting in this new space. By reflecting on ways in which these innovators have begun to navigate new territory, and by exploring the great potential for technology to further transform and advance traditional evaluation methods, this paper aims to highlight the current state of tech-enabled M&E while also maintaining a critical perspective which recognizes the limitations and inherent risks which evaluators should remain mindful of when engaging in this new and exciting space.
In addition to providing financial support for the paper, The Rockefeller Foundation supported the M&E Tech Conference and Deep Dive in the fall of 2014 to gather M&E practitioners, technology developers, and leadership from a range of organizations and institutions to discuss opportunities, challenges, and a way forward in strengthening capacity in the area of tech-enabled M&E.
The report follows an intensive 12-month review of nearly 200 global publications including books, academic papers, national reports, think tank studies, research group offerings, company and management consultant pieces and a variety of other sources to create a comprehensive overview of the impact of AI on the professions.
https://cipr.co.uk/CIPR/Our_work/Policy/CIPR_Artificial_Intelligence_in_PR_panel.aspx
Ben Ambridge walks through 10 popular ideas about psychology that have been proven wrong and uncovers a few surprising truths about how our brains really work.
Jean-Claude Bradley presents an overview of Open Notebook Science at a Columbia panel on Open Science on February 19, 2009. The content of this presentation is targeted to a library services audience.
Open Science and European Access Policies in H2020 Reme Melero
GEOTEC UJI and FOSTER project organized a training seminar in the context of GEO-C ESR entitled “Open Science and European Open Access policies in H2020”.
The seminar took place in Castellon (Spain), Feb 12th from 9.30 to 14.00.
"Open Science, Open Data" training for participants of Software Writing Skills for Your Research - Workshop for Proficient, Helmholtz Centre Potsdam - GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Telegrafenberg, December 16, 2015
An introduction to the core concepts of open science and Science 2.0 for informatics grad students. Originally presentation Feb. 18, 20100 to the University of Pittsburgh.
Demoscene (Underground Real-Time Art) was born in the computer underground, and demos are the product of extreme programming and self-expression (see for example http://youtu.be/UmS6LtNwMcE). Many demoscene productions are inspired by real science, which is presented in very creative ways – visuals synchronised with the music to achieve maximum awesomeness, but also sending strong message to the viewer. Come and listen to stories about connecting design, art and science together, and also about some coding tricks.
Open Data and Open Science presented in Rio for Open Science 2014-08-22. I argue that Open Notebook Science is the way forward and will lead to great benefits
Open Science overview, 5 schools, technical instances, research cultur, obstacles
by
Sascha Friesike (Humboldt institut for internet and society)
and
Sönke Bartling (German Cancer Research Center)
CC-BY if not otherwise stated.
An internal presentation to the SRI AI Center, to get people up to speed on current goings-on in open science. Tries to cover far too many things, and slides probably aren't very comprehensible by themselves.
What is Open Science and what role does it play in Development?Leslie Chan
What is Open Science and what role does it play in Development?
The talk begins with a review of current understanding of open science and its alleged role in providing new opportunities for addressing long-standing development challenges. I then introduce the newly launched Open and Collaborative Science in Development Network, funded by IDRC Canada, and in collaboration with iHub Nairobi, Kenya. The rationale, funding modalities, and the short and long term objectives of the network will be discussed.
Winning research proposals with open scienceIvo Grigorov
Open Science is now mandated by European Commissions Research Framework Programme Horizon 2020, offering pro-active Open Science practioners to be more competitive at research proposals, with respect to Impact.
The presentation offers evidence that Open Science can support economic growth and innovation, and how to place research proposals in context of political directives that shape Horizon2020 evaluation criteria.
The presentation is based on "Winning Horizon 2020 research proposals with Open Science" http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.12247
Ulrich Pöschl (MPIC/ ACP) -- Multi-stage open peer review integrating the str...OpenAIRE
Presentation of Ulrich Pöschl from the Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, Mainz/Germany and ACP (Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics) on the OpenAIRE workshop "Open Peer Review: Models, Benefits and Limitations"
OA discussion at BILETA 2017, Universidade do Minho, Portugal, focusing on legal journal publication. Co-authored with Catherine Easton and Abhilash Hair
There is an abundance of free online tools accessible to scientists and others that can be used for online networking, data sharing and measuring research impact. Despite this, few scientists know how these tools can be used or fail to take advantage of using them as an integrated pipeline to raise awareness of their research outputs. In this article, the authors describe their experiences with these tools and how they can make best use of them to make their scientific research generally more accessible, extending its reach beyond their own direct networks, and communicating their ideas to new audiences. These efforts have the potential to drive science by sparking new collaborations and interdisciplinary research projects that may lead to future publications, funding and commercial opportunities. The intent of this article is to: describe some of these freely accessible networking tools and affiliated products; demonstrate from our own experiences how they can be utilized effectively; and, inspire their adoption by new users for the benefit of science.
Academic libraries are increasingly investing in new efforts to support their research and teaching faculty in the activities they care about most. Learn why becoming a publisher can help meet the most fundamental needs of your research community and at the same time can help transform today’s inflationary cost model for serials. We will explore not only why to become a publisher but exactly how to achieve it, step by step, including careful selection of publishing partners, choosing the right platform for manuscript submission and editorial workflow management, one-time processes to launch a new journal, conducting peer reviews, maintaining academic quality, and measuring impact. We’ll also cover the broader range of publishing activities where libraries can have an impact, including open access monographs, general institutional repositories and subject-based author self-archiving repositories. We will close with a review of tools, services, and communities of support to nurture the new library publishing venture.
See accompanying handouts 1-7
Lauren Collister
Electronic Publications Associate, University of Pittsburgh
Timothy S. Deliyannides
Director of the Office of Scholarly Communication and Publishing and Head of Information Technology, University of Pittsburgh
Presentation given to Pubmet 2015, Zadar, Croatia.
For the live presentation having the rich media content, please access: http://kosson.ro/webpedia/presentationsnicolaiec/Croatia2015/#/
Remapping the Global and Local in Knowledge Production: Roles of Open AccessLeslie Chan
It is generally acknowledged that researchers and institutions in the Global South suffer from knowledge isolation because of poor infrastructure and lack of access to key resources, including the current literature. The remedy is therefore capacity building and the transfer of not only knowledge, but also the institutional framework of knowledge creation from the North to the South. In this context, Open Access to the scholarly literature is seen as a means of bridging the global knowledge gap.
In this presentation, I argue that a key contributor to the continual knowledge divide and the invisibility of knowledge from the Global South is the persistence and dominance of Northern frameworks of research evaluation and quality metrics, coupled with outmoded national and international innovation policies based on exclusion and competitiveness. These narrow measures have tended to skew international research agenda and undermine locally relevant research.
A great opportunity that Open Access provides is the means to develop alternative metrics of research uptake and impact that are more inclusive of knowledge from the South, particularly those with development outcomes. In particular, it is important to re-conceptualize and re-design the metrics of research impact to reflect new scholarly practices and the diverse means of engagement enabled by OA and the new wave of social media tools. At the same time, appropriate policies need to be developed to reward open scholarship and to encourage research sharing — issues of particular importance for ending knowledge isolation. Examples of the new kinds of “invisible college” enabled by networking tools and OA will be presented, and particular attention will be paid to innovations emanating from the periphery.
Multi-source connectivity as the driver of solar wind variability in the heli...Sérgio Sacani
The ambient solar wind that flls the heliosphere originates from multiple
sources in the solar corona and is highly structured. It is often described
as high-speed, relatively homogeneous, plasma streams from coronal
holes and slow-speed, highly variable, streams whose source regions are
under debate. A key goal of ESA/NASA’s Solar Orbiter mission is to identify
solar wind sources and understand what drives the complexity seen in the
heliosphere. By combining magnetic feld modelling and spectroscopic
techniques with high-resolution observations and measurements, we show
that the solar wind variability detected in situ by Solar Orbiter in March
2022 is driven by spatio-temporal changes in the magnetic connectivity to
multiple sources in the solar atmosphere. The magnetic feld footpoints
connected to the spacecraft moved from the boundaries of a coronal hole
to one active region (12961) and then across to another region (12957). This
is refected in the in situ measurements, which show the transition from fast
to highly Alfvénic then to slow solar wind that is disrupted by the arrival of
a coronal mass ejection. Our results describe solar wind variability at 0.5 au
but are applicable to near-Earth observatories.
Nutraceutical market, scope and growth: Herbal drug technologyLokesh Patil
As consumer awareness of health and wellness rises, the nutraceutical market—which includes goods like functional meals, drinks, and dietary supplements that provide health advantages beyond basic nutrition—is growing significantly. As healthcare expenses rise, the population ages, and people want natural and preventative health solutions more and more, this industry is increasing quickly. Further driving market expansion are product formulation innovations and the use of cutting-edge technology for customized nutrition. With its worldwide reach, the nutraceutical industry is expected to keep growing and provide significant chances for research and investment in a number of categories, including vitamins, minerals, probiotics, and herbal supplements.
(May 29th, 2024) Advancements in Intravital Microscopy- Insights for Preclini...Scintica Instrumentation
Intravital microscopy (IVM) is a powerful tool utilized to study cellular behavior over time and space in vivo. Much of our understanding of cell biology has been accomplished using various in vitro and ex vivo methods; however, these studies do not necessarily reflect the natural dynamics of biological processes. Unlike traditional cell culture or fixed tissue imaging, IVM allows for the ultra-fast high-resolution imaging of cellular processes over time and space and were studied in its natural environment. Real-time visualization of biological processes in the context of an intact organism helps maintain physiological relevance and provide insights into the progression of disease, response to treatments or developmental processes.
In this webinar we give an overview of advanced applications of the IVM system in preclinical research. IVIM technology is a provider of all-in-one intravital microscopy systems and solutions optimized for in vivo imaging of live animal models at sub-micron resolution. The system’s unique features and user-friendly software enables researchers to probe fast dynamic biological processes such as immune cell tracking, cell-cell interaction as well as vascularization and tumor metastasis with exceptional detail. This webinar will also give an overview of IVM being utilized in drug development, offering a view into the intricate interaction between drugs/nanoparticles and tissues in vivo and allows for the evaluation of therapeutic intervention in a variety of tissues and organs. This interdisciplinary collaboration continues to drive the advancements of novel therapeutic strategies.
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THE IMPORTANCE OF MARTIAN ATMOSPHERE SAMPLE RETURN.Sérgio Sacani
The return of a sample of near-surface atmosphere from Mars would facilitate answers to several first-order science questions surrounding the formation and evolution of the planet. One of the important aspects of terrestrial planet formation in general is the role that primary atmospheres played in influencing the chemistry and structure of the planets and their antecedents. Studies of the martian atmosphere can be used to investigate the role of a primary atmosphere in its history. Atmosphere samples would also inform our understanding of the near-surface chemistry of the planet, and ultimately the prospects for life. High-precision isotopic analyses of constituent gases are needed to address these questions, requiring that the analyses are made on returned samples rather than in situ.
Seminar of U.V. Spectroscopy by SAMIR PANDASAMIR PANDA
Spectroscopy is a branch of science dealing the study of interaction of electromagnetic radiation with matter.
Ultraviolet-visible spectroscopy refers to absorption spectroscopy or reflect spectroscopy in the UV-VIS spectral region.
Ultraviolet-visible spectroscopy is an analytical method that can measure the amount of light received by the analyte.
Professional air quality monitoring systems provide immediate, on-site data for analysis, compliance, and decision-making.
Monitor common gases, weather parameters, particulates.
This presentation explores a brief idea about the structural and functional attributes of nucleotides, the structure and function of genetic materials along with the impact of UV rays and pH upon them.
Slide 1: Title Slide
Extrachromosomal Inheritance
Slide 2: Introduction to Extrachromosomal Inheritance
Definition: Extrachromosomal inheritance refers to the transmission of genetic material that is not found within the nucleus.
Key Components: Involves genes located in mitochondria, chloroplasts, and plasmids.
Slide 3: Mitochondrial Inheritance
Mitochondria: Organelles responsible for energy production.
Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA): Circular DNA molecule found in mitochondria.
Inheritance Pattern: Maternally inherited, meaning it is passed from mothers to all their offspring.
Diseases: Examples include Leber’s hereditary optic neuropathy (LHON) and mitochondrial myopathy.
Slide 4: Chloroplast Inheritance
Chloroplasts: Organelles responsible for photosynthesis in plants.
Chloroplast DNA (cpDNA): Circular DNA molecule found in chloroplasts.
Inheritance Pattern: Often maternally inherited in most plants, but can vary in some species.
Examples: Variegation in plants, where leaf color patterns are determined by chloroplast DNA.
Slide 5: Plasmid Inheritance
Plasmids: Small, circular DNA molecules found in bacteria and some eukaryotes.
Features: Can carry antibiotic resistance genes and can be transferred between cells through processes like conjugation.
Significance: Important in biotechnology for gene cloning and genetic engineering.
Slide 6: Mechanisms of Extrachromosomal Inheritance
Non-Mendelian Patterns: Do not follow Mendel’s laws of inheritance.
Cytoplasmic Segregation: During cell division, organelles like mitochondria and chloroplasts are randomly distributed to daughter cells.
Heteroplasmy: Presence of more than one type of organellar genome within a cell, leading to variation in expression.
Slide 7: Examples of Extrachromosomal Inheritance
Four O’clock Plant (Mirabilis jalapa): Shows variegated leaves due to different cpDNA in leaf cells.
Petite Mutants in Yeast: Result from mutations in mitochondrial DNA affecting respiration.
Slide 8: Importance of Extrachromosomal Inheritance
Evolution: Provides insight into the evolution of eukaryotic cells.
Medicine: Understanding mitochondrial inheritance helps in diagnosing and treating mitochondrial diseases.
Agriculture: Chloroplast inheritance can be used in plant breeding and genetic modification.
Slide 9: Recent Research and Advances
Gene Editing: Techniques like CRISPR-Cas9 are being used to edit mitochondrial and chloroplast DNA.
Therapies: Development of mitochondrial replacement therapy (MRT) for preventing mitochondrial diseases.
Slide 10: Conclusion
Summary: Extrachromosomal inheritance involves the transmission of genetic material outside the nucleus and plays a crucial role in genetics, medicine, and biotechnology.
Future Directions: Continued research and technological advancements hold promise for new treatments and applications.
Slide 11: Questions and Discussion
Invite Audience: Open the floor for any questions or further discussion on the topic.
What is greenhouse gasses and how many gasses are there to affect the Earth.moosaasad1975
What are greenhouse gasses how they affect the earth and its environment what is the future of the environment and earth how the weather and the climate effects.
Science in the context of journals, Open, and the future
1. The State of science,
journals, peer-review,
thoughts on Open
Science, reproducibility,
and Science 2.0?
Dr. Benjamin Laken
University of Oslo
@benlaken
2.
3.
4.
5. We are now on the brink of an achievable
aim: for all science literature to be online,
for all of the data to be online and for the
two to be interoperable.
7. Essentially, the volume of published work is constantly
increasing.
A rough estimate of the rate of increase is …
8. Unsurprisingly, the number of PhDs
is also increasing
Nature 472, 276-279 (2011) | doi:10.1038/472276a
Trends in PhDs granted per year
for all disciplines,
values x103
The number of science doctorates
earned each year grew by nearly
40% between 1998 and 2008, to
some 34,000, in countries that are
members of the Organisation for
Economic Co-operation and
Development (OECD). The growth
shows no sign of slowing
9. Systems Research and Behavioral Science Syst. Res (2014)
Wiley Online Library (wileyonlinelibrary.com) DOI: 10.1002/sres.2324
(StatshereforUSAbiomedicalsciences)However, there is no matching rise in permanent positions
10. This has created ‘The Postdoc Pile-Up’
Nature 520, 144–147 (09 April 2015) doi:10.1038/520144a
In essence a saturated Postdoc market. This means that postdocs who want to
stay in academia are usually destined to travel from one place to another with no
long-term prospects. (One of the reasons you may hear postdocs referring to
themselves as ‘hobos with a PhD’.)
11.
12. In the context of the increasing pressures on individual
scientists to compete—largely through publications—enters
the problem of Academic publishers as for-profit entities
The first journal, Proceedings of the Royal Society, was
created by Henry Oldenburg (1619--1677), in 1665.
The idea was to drive science forward through rapid
communication and sharing to a broad audience.
However, things have gone slightly astray over the years…
The role of journals: have they changed from a force of
innovation to a hinderance?
18. Is a good solution to science communication simply
traditional journals but as open-access?
Open access does not mean free, often the authors still pay high prices
to publish their research.
The growth of Open Access (OA) journals in the last 10 years opened the
door for the creation of hundreds of new Publishing company and new
journals, who engage in behaviour often best described as ‘predatory’…
They claim their articles are peer-reviewed, however independent
research and many examples have repeatedly shown that the real barrier
to publication in their journals is simply the publication fee…
19. The Dark-side of the OA journal explosion
In 2005, following journal submission request emails, Peter Vamplew sent a 10 pg paper (with
two figures) to International Journal of Advanced Computer Technology…
…they accepted the paper. An anonymous reviewer rated it as “excellent”, and the journal
requested a fee of $150.
20. Tom Spears submitted a completely incoherent paper featuring a made-
up study area (Nepean Desert)
Several famous examples of OA journal ‘stings’
Sent to 18 journals. 8 responded quickly, accepting, asking a $1k - 5$ fee.
21. More famous sting: John Bohannon
J Bohannon Science 2013;342:60-65
Abstract
Dozens of open-access journals targeted in an
elaborate Science sting accepted a spoof research
article, raising questions about peer-review
practices in much of the open-access world.
Peer review reviewed.Few journals did substantial review that identified the paper's flaws.
22. Another problem: the valuable reviews are usually wasted
It is not a question of if an article will be published, but where.
In this context, the expert reviews, community feedback, and
reproducibility are the hallmarks of quality, and a real factor in
the value of the research.
We need to develop systems which focus on these aspects of
the peer system, rather than see peer-review as the ‘behind
the scenes’ work.
24. Explosion in OA journals over last decade
(and rapid growth of predatory OA journals)
Published science doubles every ~9 yrs
New PhD’s awarded annually increasing
(simultaneous decrease in TT and Permanent positions)
‘Publish or perish’, saturated PhD-level job market, and resulting
competitiveness has combined with journal profiteering
…and if a paper gets a hard review, rejection usually means a paper will be
submitted (unchanged) to new journal, until accepted
Many Journals = opaque review process, expensive, & behind the
scenes politics/motives
End result (*at least for me) = scepticism, cynicism, frustration, time loss,
high-blood pressure, and madness
Publication ≠ quality guarantee
Favour systems totally open (inc. review) and communal
New paradigm: publication not the end of a funding cycle but the
start of a collaborative communal conversation
Summary
25. My fantasy model of Science 2.0
Data, code, paper: all in one open repository (like ArXiV)
Version control system (like Github)
All researchers have unique ID profile (like RG/ORCID)
ID-tagged comments. Can be general, or specific:
specific comments tagged to sections, as a thread, including up-
vote system (like StackOverflow) on paper and comments.
Copying, and contributing (pull-requests) allowed
to create rapid-iterations and community refinement (like Github)
Vote-based score system, with scores contributing to different levels of
community privileges (like StackOverflow).
Score a measure of a researchers overall contributions (Like RG), > than
citation metrics [e.g. as bad papers often cited on purpose]
Needs shared super-computer-scale resources to re-run
experiments (Like Google Earth Engine)
(This model already exists for the open software we use every day. The model can be used for
research, and for lecture/course/textbook material too.)