Accelerating access to biomedical evidence
At first this blog from iMedPub or oMedPub (take your pick, they seem to be used interchangeably) seemed attractive, at first glance, and also seemed to be highlighting promising articles from a new open access publisher. My skepticism began to grow as I conducted an excruciating search for a real person behind “a social publishing house which has [...]
Sun, August 15 2010 » Uncategorized » No Comments
Back in May I highlighted Jeffrey Beal’s article in the Charleston Advisor open access archive (the OA archive is open, unlike the rest of the journal) , an entertaining exposé about several open access publisher websites that don’t describe or respond to questions about peer review or anything else…just register as an author, insert your [...]
Fri, July 16 2010 » Uncategorized » No Comments
Remember a couple of years ago when there were smart and careful investors that nevertheless were tempted by the promise of easy money and a facade of offices and statements that masked a scheme that only truly rewarded the perpetrator? Now we have a term for a possible confidence game being played on scientists seeking a [...]
Tue, May 11 2010 » Uncategorized » No Comments
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