Category: Open Science
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Publishing grant proposals, presubmission
There are a lot of really interesting works being published over at Research Ideas and Outcomes (RIO). If you aren’t already following the updates you can do so via RSS, Twitter, or via email (scroll to the bottom for sign-up). In this post I’m going to discuss why Chad Hammond’s contribution is so remarkable and…
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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…
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Why do we rejoice in rejecting perfectly valid research?
This has done the rounds on Twitter a lot recently, and justifiably-so but just in case you haven’t seen it yet… I thought I’d quickly blog about this excellent graph published on a FrontiersIn blog late last year (source/credit: http://blog.frontiersin.org/2015/12/21/4782/ ) With data from 570 different journals, it appears to demonstrate that rejection rate (the percentage of…
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I am supporting RIO Journal. I think you should too
Today (2015-09-01), marks the public announcement of Research Ideas & Outcomes (RIO for short), a new open access journal for all disciplines that seeks to open-up the entire research cycle with some truly novel features I know what you might be thinking: Another open access journal? Really? Myself, nor Daniel Mietchen simply wouldn’t be involved with…
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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…