Tired of Impact Factors? Try the SJR indicator
Picking the right journal is one of the most important decisions when you start to work on a paper. You probably have a gut feeling of the journals that are best suited for your paper in...
Martin Fenner
Mandatory open access for NIH-funded research signed into law
U.S. President Bush today signed into law the federal spending bill that includes provisions for NIH-funded research. Final, peer-reviewed manuscripts of NIH-funded research have to be publicly available at PubMed Central no later than 12...
Writing a paper with Buzzword
Buzzword is a free online word processor based on the Adobe Flash technology. I previously wrote about Buzzword and how it could be used to write a scientific paper. The first impressions were positive, so I...
Frustrations of a scientist
We usually look forward to a well-written paper about central aspects of your research. But sometimes you are frustrated. Maybe someone has done (almost) the same experiments, but was quicker in getting the work published. Then...
How many authors makes a good paper?
A recent Nature article, repeated in a Nautilus blog post, talks about author accountability. The article suggests that at least...
Can a workshop improve your scientific writing?
How could you improve your scientific writing skills? Two months ago I talked about books. Another idea would be a scientific writing workshop. This weekend I attended such a workshop, organized by Julia Klapproth and Barry...