I made my first New Year’s resolution on December 31, 2013: to only undertake reviews for open access and learned society journals. This I have stuck to well, as I noted a year later for the simple reasons that it makes sense and it frees up my time.
Today I had a request to review a manuscript for Nature Publishing Group’s Scientific Reports, and I realised that I need to clarify my position.
I am on strike. (more…)