I loves me some metrics. That’s why I’m addicted to this new PLoS ONE paper, published by Trevor Branch at the University of Washington. Also, because Figure 1 is a Wordle: “Word clouds showing the relative frequency of words (A) in Worm et al. [7], (B) in the press release associated with Worm et al., . . . → Read More: Media hype gets you more citations? Well, it did for this fisheries paper.
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By Dr Bik, on  March 16th, 2013  5 comments  Conservation & Environment, Fish, Fishing, New Research, Open Access, Organisms, Scientist!  altmetrics, ciatations, fisheries, peer review By Dr. Martini, on March 7th, 2013 2 comments Climate Change, Education, Scientist! climate change, peer review, Rap, scientists What happens when non-scientists continually distort the facts on climate change? Climate scientists fight back with this amazing angry rap video! Featuring real climate scientists talking about real science. They even rap about peer review. And they even call out other scientists for letting others put words in their mouth. I heart this SO HARD. . . . → Read More: Hell yeah! “I’m a climate scientist” An epic rap.
A special hat tip to Twisted Bacteria for bringing this to my attention Every December, the journal Environmental Microbiology publishes a collection of humorous quotes made by peer reviewers while assessing manuscripts submitted to the journal. You can read some favorites over there. Some of mine are: The lack of negative controls. . . . . . . → Read More: Peer Review May Increase Mortality Rates
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