Abel Packer closes #scielo25, saying the future is publish first, assess later with open peer review 🤩
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Jessica Polka
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Open Science Advocate | Senior Program Lead, MIT Open Learning
At this crucial time in the fight for #taxpayeraccess, I'm thinking about this quote from @petersuber's 2012 book Open Access...
Research should never be behind a paywall. But now there's a bill in the House that will restrict access to scientific work we pay for with our taxes.
Take action for #taxpayeraccess: https://sparcopen.org/our-work/oppose-section-552-that-will-block-taxpayer-access-to-research/
Today's action to support #taxpayeraccess to research: sending letters to the DC offices of my reps asking them to oppose section 552 of the CJS appropriations bill. Next up: requesting meetings with their local offices
https://sparcopen.org/our-work/oppose-section-552-that-will-block-taxpayer-access-to-research/
An interesting sneak peak at the responses to the US NIH's RFI on public access has been posted in the Advisory Committee to the Director meeting materials from June 8-9 👀https://www.acd.od.nih.gov/meetings.html
ACD Meetings
The Committee makes recommendations concerning program development, resource allocation, NIH administrative regulation and policy, and other specific or general aspects of NIH policy. The Committee also reviews and makes recommendations on applications for grants and cooperative agreements for research and training for projects that show promise of making valuable contributions to human knowledge.
I once did a (crappy) back of the envelope calculation that suggested Amtrak wasn't that much better than flying on newer aircraft. ASSUMPTIONS REVISED! Will be taking the (electric) train from BOS much more often https://doi.org/10.1080/10962247.2020.1837996
RT @LiamHoltLab
Breaking news!
We just published our 1st microPublication!
@Ying_Xie_ found evidence of fluidization of the cytoplasm upon starvation.
Just a single figure - all data fit in the image below!
with @ProfGresham, @Micropub7n
What are your best tips for empathetic & effective scientific collaboration? Giving a short talk on this later in the week, and I'd love to quote interesting answers!
