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41: Objecting to published research (with William Gunn)

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In this episode, Dan and James are joined by William Gunn (Director of Scholarly communications at Elsevier) to discuss ways in which you can object to published research.

They also cover:

  • What differentiates an analytics company from a publishing company?
  • How scientific journals are one of the last areas to fully adopt the dynamic nature of the internet
  • Data repositories
  • How to make a correction in a journal
  • The benefits of Registered Reports
  • When everyone asked Elsevier for a journal of negative results but no one submitted to them
  • How unit of publication isn’t really indicative of science as a process
  • Altmetrics and gaming the system
  • How to appeal to a journal about a paper
  • Citation cartels: the dumbest crime
  • William’s switch from research to publishing and his shift in perspective
  • The crackpot index
  • James’ flowchart on how to contact an editor
  • The copyediting process
  • Elsevier’s approach to open peer review: should junior researchers be worried?
  • The one thing William thinks that everyone else thinks is crazy
  • William’s most worthwhile career investment
  • The one paper that William thinks everyone should read

    • Links

    • Williams’s twitter account: @mrgunn
    • Williams’s blog: http://synthesis.williamgunn.org
    • The Crackpot index: http://math.ucr.edu/home/baez/crackpot.html
    • The paper William thinks everyone should read: http://stm.sciencemag.org/content/8/341/341ps12.full

      • Special Guest: William Gunn.

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