When the DSN crew gathered for our inaugural retreat recently, one of the core values we agreed on was “promoting ocean literacy”. This value is something that just about everyone in marine science agrees on (example, example, example), but what does it really mean? Marine scientists and marine educators have an intuitive sense of what . . . → Read More: Promoting Ocean Literacy – a DSN Core Value
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By para_sight, on  December 22nd, 2011  9 comments  Uncategorized  core values, culture, culture of science, Education, Megafauna, ocean literacy, Open Access, Science Communication, Science Outreach By Dr Bik, on November 16th, 2011 24 comments Open Access, Scientist!, Uncategorized core values, culture of science, DSN mission, Open Access, Scientist! Glamour magazine, where the HELL are female scientists in your annual “women of the year” awards? Year after year, you honor female actresses, fashion designers, politicians, activists, athletes and models. You bestow awards on some truly amazing people, who have made it their life’s work to change the world and spread messages of peace, hope, . . . → Read More: Changing the Culture of Ocean Science: a DSN core value
Color me surprised that there is still resistance against open access journals. I was extremely flattered a few years ago to be invited to join the academic editors at PLoS One. In that time I worked diligently to develop a Marine and Aquatic Science hub at the journal. I have accumulated what I consider to . . . → Read More: From The Editor’s Desk: The Case For Open Access
By Dr. M, on August 2nd, 2010 4 comments Open Access, Organisms Census of Marine Life, Open Access, Organisms, plos one One of the greatest moments of my career was being invited to serve as editor at PLoS One. This moment was surpassed by the day I launched the Marine and Aquatic Science Section at PLoS One in early 2009. I was glad to serve PLoS One, develop and build the Marine and Aquatic Science section, . . . → Read More: PLoS One and the Census of Marine Life
By Dr. M, on August 19th, 2009 2 comments Uncategorized academic, article level metrics, journals, online publishing, open ac, Open Access, plos, plos one, publishing, STM A presentation to the International Society of Managing and Technical Editors on August 2009 from Peter Binfield Chief Editor at PLoS One . . . → Read More: The Future of Online (Academic) Publishing
By Dr. M, on April 22nd, 2009 3 comments Open Access journals, novelty, Open Access, plos, publishing, review At the PLoS One Community blog I discuss why I joined PLoS One, believe in the open access mission, and contemplate how we view a paper’s novelty. By Dr. M, on April 10th, 2009 5 comments Education, New Research, Open Access, Reviews, Scientist! aquatic science, biogeography, journal, marine science, ocean, Open Access, plos, plos one, population genetics, Science I was extremely flattered a year ago to be invited to join the academic editors at PLoS One. In that time I worked diligently to develop a Marine and Aquatic Science hub at the journal. I have accumulated what I consider to be an experienced team of academic editors who are both committed to . . . → Read More: Marine and Aquatic Science at PLoS One
By Dr. M, on February 19th, 2009 14 comments Conservation & Environment, Coral, Expeditions, New Research, Open Access, Organisms, Seamount conservation, Coral, Invertebrate, Open Access, plos one, Seamount, sponge Image credit: (c) 2006 MBARI / NOAA These this photograph shows three different types of sponges growing on the lava of Davidson Seamount: large yellow sponges, white frilly sponges, and white filamentous sponges which were previously thought to be a type of coral. The large yellow sponge provides a perch for several basket stars and . . . → Read More: Seamount Life Is Unique Just Not In the Way We Thought
By Kevin Zelnio, on January 20th, 2009 3 comments Conferences, Open Access Impact Factor, Open Access, plos one, Science Online, scio09 Note: This was liveblogged at the time, but the wifi crashed under the weight of 200 simultaneous livebloggers. ——————————————————————————————————— As many readers know, we are staunch proponents of open access. Craig being an academic editor at PLoS ONE and myself writing extensively on the benefits of open access, especially to taxonomy. Open Access is not . . . → Read More: LiveBlogging Science Online ’09: Open Access
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