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What I learned as an Academic Editor for PLOS ONE
Open access week is just around the corner, and I thought I’d take the opportunity to share my experience as an Academic Editor for PLOS ONE. I was invited to join the team following a conversation at...
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“Strong evidence” for a treatment evaporates with a closer look: Many...
Note: BMC Medicine subsequently invited a submission based on this blog post. Coyne, J. C., & Kwakkenbos, L. (2013). Triple P-Positive Parenting programs: the folly of basing social policy on...
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Why I Accepted a PLOS One Article about Homeopathy for Depression
PLOS One recently published Homeopathy for Depression: A Randomized, Partially Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled, Four-Armed Study (DEP-HOM). I’m proud to have been the Academic Editor accepting this...
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Join PubMed’s Revolution in Post Publication Peer Review
At 11 AM on October 22, 2013, the embargo was lifted and so now it can be said: PubMed Commons has been implemented on a trial basis. It could change the process of peer assessment of scientific...
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Evolution and engineering of the megajournal – Interview with Pete Binfield
Image courtesy of PeerJ Peter Binfield wrote a nice analysis on Mega Journals over at Creative Commons Aotearoa New Zealand an organisation on which I serve. MegaJournals are a recent phenomenon, that...
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