Journals publish what is often called the 'version of
record'. But what if that version included errors, errors of transcription, or
errors of fact? How would you know?
There have been recent reports in
Natureand
the British Medical Journal (BMJ) of research misconduct, which is
nothing new. Reports indicate misconduct is still widespread. A recent blog
set up to report on the accuracy of scientific journalism is <a
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Protests against the US Research Works
Act are escalating. You can sign a
petition to register your opposition. The petition will be delivered to the
US House of Representatives.
Though American signatories will obviously carry more weight, a display of
worldwide opposition to the bill cannot hurt.
Since 2009, publicly funded medical research outputs have been made
available free of charge by the National
Library of Medicine through PubMed Central. This has provided
taxpayers with access to the medical breakthroughs their tax dollars pay
for.
The Academic Knowledge
and Language graphic visualises the role that language of publication plays
in the dissemination of academic knowledge through scholarly journals. It is
obvious from first glance that English is entirely dominant.
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