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Month: August 2015

  • What is Journal Visibility?

    I’ve just read a paper published in Systematic Biology called ‘A Falsification of the Citation Impediment in the Taxonomic Literature‘. Having read the full paper many times, including the 64-page PDF supplementary materials file. I’m amazed the paper was published in its current form. Early on, in the abstract no less, the authors introduce a…

  • I’m saying NO to Wiley

    [Update 2015-09-19: since writing this, I notice my open access article has now been unpaywalled at Wiley’s site. No-one from Wiley has reached out to me to explain how, why, or when this happened. No compensation has been offered, nor any apology. I note that all the other articles in the special section, which should also…

  • Advice for journal-publishing academic societies

    I read some sad news on Twitter recently. The Ecological Society of America has decided to publish its journals with Wiley: ESA journals move to new publishing partner, John Wiley & Sons. Tough decision, tho. Ecotrack will fade away & I can't say I will miss it. — Scott L Collins (@ESA_Prez2013) July 30, 2015…