Accelerating access to biomedical evidence
Tweet Here are the top 10 clinical genetics journals for 2011, according to SCImago Journal Rank for today, limited to journals with at least 100 articles over the last three years: Nature Genetics is the highest ranked journal by a wide margin. In a reputation strong position, Nature Publishing Group (NPG) does not offer optional [...]
Sun, March 25 2012 » Uncategorized » No Comments
Tweet Kurt Elling playing “Steppin’ Out” (Joe Jackson) at the New Morning in Paris on May 26, 2011. “We so tired of all the darkness in our lives With no more angry words to say can come alive Get into a car and drive to the other side” You may not learn anything new in [...]
Mon, January 23 2012 » Uncategorized » No Comments
Tweet No, this is not a new word game. There is a flow of ideas, starting with a publisher’s genuine attempt to connect scientists to science educators. I saw the tweeting about Scientific American and the Nature Publishing Group starting an initiative called “1,000 Scientists in 1,000 Days” to try to introduce scientists to science [...]
Mon, August 8 2011 » Uncategorized » No Comments
Tweet I want to compliment the analysis done by Declan Butler in the Nature news blog about the open access shot heard round the world. I’m referring to the announcement that three top-shelf life science foundations– the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI), the Wellcome Trust (WT), and the Max Planck Society (MPS)– are intending to [...]
Wed, June 29 2011 » Uncategorized » No Comments
Tweet Nature Publishing, still smarting from last year’s rejection of institutional price increases from a couple of academic library systems, has apparently studied the recent success of PLoS ONE ( as an interdisciplinary science journal, PLoSONE instantly ranked in the 2009 top 10 Biology ISI impact factor journals after two previous years of data) and launched [...]
Fri, January 7 2011 » Uncategorized » No Comments
Tweet On June 4th the University of California Library System issued a very public complaint about Nature Publishing Group‘s proposed triple-digit increase in institutional subscription costs, coupled with a threat of author and editorial boycott by faculty. On June 24th, David Carlson, the Dean of Library Affairs at Southern Illinois University(SIU), Carbondale, and Associate Dean [...]
Tue, July 13 2010 » Uncategorized » No Comments
Tweet Pianist George Cables wrote and played Dark Side, Light Side. It came to mind in thinking about Nature Publishing Group (NPG) and the recent dust-up with the University of California Libraries. Yes, that million dollar misunderstanding. Last week a letter to University of California (UC) faculty by librarians from the 10 UC campuses was sent to [...]
Mon, June 14 2010 » Uncategorized » 1 Comment
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