Posted in Science process, Science publishing, tagged DN Lee, Scientific American on October 12, 2013| 2 Comments »
Many have been deeply offended by the reaction of one “Ofek”, whose request for free posting on Biology Online in return for ‘exposure’ was met by the prospective author , DN Lee, with a very polite “Thanks, but no thanks”. Ofek’s response was to call the prospective author a “whore”.
Unbelievable. But true.
It gets worse. (more…)
Posted in Development, Nanotechnology, Peer review, Research integrity, Science process, Science publishing, Scientific progress, tagged research, Research integrity, science, Science fraud, Science progress on October 8, 2013| 1 Comment »
The so-called “sting” by Science on Open Access journals has brought a lot of criticism, some of this is here, and here. For me the best has been Micheal Eisen’s post, which uses satire to show that Science was well wide of the mark. (more…)
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