Tag Archives: publishing

2-D author lists

Posted on October 3, 2012 by admin

The order of authors on scientific papers matters a lot. The best places to be on a paper vary by field. But typically the first and the corresponding (usually last) authors are the prime real estate. When people are evaluated … Continue reading →

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What is a major revision?

Posted on April 9, 2012 by admin

I posted a little while ago on a proposal for a fast statistics journal. It generated a bunch of comments and even a really nice follow up post with some great ideas. Since then I’ve gotten reviews back on a … Continue reading →

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When should statistics papers be published in Science and Nature?

Posted on January 26, 2012 by admin

Like many statisticians, I was amped to see a statistics paper appear in Science. Given the impact that statistics has on the scientific community, it is a shame that more statistics papers don’t appear in the glossy journals like Science … Continue reading →

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Free access publishing is awesome...but expensive. How do we pay for it?

Posted on November 3, 2011 by admin

I am a huge fan of open access journals. I think open access is good both for moral reasons (science should be freely available) and for more selfish ones (I want people to be able to read my work). If … Continue reading →

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Errors in Biomedical Computing

Posted on October 11, 2011 by admin

Biomedical Computation Review has a nice summary (in which I am quoted briefly) by Kristin Sainani about the many different types of errors in computational research, including the infamous Duke incident and some other recent examples. The reproducible research policy at … Continue reading →

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