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- A close encounter with Diederik Stapel and his act of fraudYudhijit Bhattacharjee, a staff writer at Science magazine, has written an elegant article in the New York Times about the Dutch psychologist Diederik Stapel. The scientific misconduct of Stapel, including fabrication of data for at least 30 public...
- Peer review: don’t let the journals handle it?on Mar 10, 2013 in Getting publishedPeer review is central to science. But the system is functioning far from perfectly. One issue is that it is difficult to find good reviewers. This was already discussed five years ago on this blog and it was suggested that paying reviewers or making...
- How to choose your key publication?The scientific community keeps on finding new ways to facilitate to judge scientists. The old-fashioned way of reading her papers, listening to her talks, interviewing her for more than an hour, reading recommendation letters, and consulting collea...
- How to choose your key publications?The scientific community keeps on finding new ways to facilitate to judge scientists. The old-fashioned way of reading her papers, listening to her talks, interviewing her for more than an hour, reading recommendation letters, and consulting collea...
- Inviting co-authorson Oct 7, 2012 in Ethics Getting published PhD life career co-authors collaboration h-index Impact factor papersA problem I often encounter is deciding who to invite as co-authors. On one hand, you want to show appreciation to the people that helped you in the process of obtaining your results. On the other hand, generously adding authors will dilute the contr...
- “Predator” conferences and open-access publisherson Sep 30, 2012 in Conferences Getting published Miscellaneous conference invited talks open access publicationsThis week I received the following email stating “The purpose of this letter is to formally invite you, on behalf of the Organizing Committee, to be the speaker at the upcoming “2nd International Conference on Nanotek and Expo” (Nan...
- Which is a better document standard: pdf or xml?Some time ago I was asked by Oxford University Press to write an article for their Library Magazine about which document format is better: pdf or xml. I defended pdf and following is my text. Martin Fenner defended xml. You can download both contribu...
- My group, Your group, or Our groupIn science the dilemma of either cooperating or competing is everywhere. The situation is never black or white and depends on the discipline. In this post I will limit myself to the typical small-science group model: one group leader, one or two post...
- Biomeeter: find your way in the world of conferenceson Sep 14, 2012 in Conferences Research and educationPresenting your data at conferences is key for doing good science. However, finding the right conference can be as challenging as the actual experiments. Especially when you work interdisciplinary there is a lack of overview of what is organized and...
- Effectiveness of large scale conferencesLast May I visited the first large scale international conference (CLEO) during my PhD. I was shocked about the enormous contrast with smaller scale (more specialized) conferences. In this post, I will discuss some of the advantages and disadvantages...
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