Big Boys only for Big Dream of Gold OA in Germany
Germany is set to transform its academic publishing to Open Access (OA). Gold OA model, where the articles are published inContinue Reading
Category: Academic Publishing
Publisher Springer to retract Sauren Das paper seven months after editorial decision
In July 2015 I was contacted by a concerned reader, asking me to place on PubPeer on his behalf aContinue Reading
Hand of God paper retracted: PLOS ONE “could not stand by the pre-publication assessment”
A paper with reference to “The Creator” in PLOS One, titled “Biomechanical characteristics of Hand Coordination in Grasping Activities of DailyContinue Reading
Blatt is back: “open debate cornerstone of scientific process”
Michael Blatt, Regius Professor of Botany at the University of Glasgow and Editor-in-Chief of the journal Plant Physiology, is backContinue Reading
OA publishers Hindawi vs. Frontiers: similar, yet different
In this article, I will compare editorial policies of two for-profit open access (OA) publishers, Frontiers and Hindawi. Though bothContinue Reading
Zombie Scientists
There are zombie papers, those are the long-discredited or even misconduct-riddled publications, which somehow avoid retractions and continue contaminating scientificContinue Reading
Research “parasitism” and authorship rights
Two seemingly opposing medical editorials on the subject of data sharing have recently been published. One, by the International CommitteeContinue Reading
War, politics and academic publishing
The Euromaidan revolution of winter 2013/2014 in Ukrainian capital Kiev toppled the Moscow-friendly president and quickly led to an establishmentContinue Reading
No laughing matter
A small, highly specialized medical journal makes its first attempt at satire in 21 years. The New Year’s Eve spoof paperContinue Reading
Frontiers Christmas Carol
The Swiss academic publisher Frontiers, owned by the EPFL professor Henry Markram and his wife Kamila (plus some investors, includingContinue Reading
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