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Recently I had some conversations with Science Magazine about preprints, and when they're counted as double publication (see: Ingelfinger Rule). Now, Science has an enlightened preprint policy:
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(With very little apology whatsoever to Geoffrey North.)
The airplane age, in particular the advent of large, well-attended conferences, has created a brave new world of broadcasting instant criticism of scientific papers, for good or ill.
I think there is a clear "good" side, illustrated by cases where papers making …
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I received this letter in the mail the other day. Can anyone help?
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Dear Dr. Abby,
I am at a top-50 R1 research institution, and we are currently conducting faculty hiring searches for a number of professors in biology. The applicant pool has been stunningly good this year, and we …
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There's been a lot of discussion about PyCon talks that we do want to see. Here's a brief list of those I don't want to see, for those of you considering a submission -- in no particular order.
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