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Month: April 2016

  • RIO Journal Blossoms: an overview of RIO so far

    Just a quick update to let you know how the new Research Ideas and Outcomes (RIO) journal is going. You may remember I wrote a blog post here explaining my enthusiasm for this new journal. I’m delighted to say it is exceeding my expectations. After announcing the launch with coverage in Science (AAAS) News, Nature News, and…

  • ESA moves to Wiley and predictably there are problems already

    TL;DR summary: ESA data papers should be free to read but Wiley (ESA’s new publishing ‘partner’) just charged me $45.60 yesterday to access one of them. They have done this kind of ‘accidental’ profit-generation before, as have other big publishers. John Wiley & Sons (whom I will refer to as ‘Wiley’ from now on) is not…