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F1000 article on peer review and publishing

From the Faculty of 1000 post: How to overhaul peer review and scientific publishing.

"Anyone who doubts the inefficiencies and flaws of the current peer-review system would do well to read a review article published in Frontiers in Computational Neuroscience (Dec 2011) and evaluated for F1000 by Gary Aston-Jones and David Moorman."

New Books -January

Here are the new books added to the Library collection in January. Click on a title to see its availability.

• Atlas of blood cells : function and pathology: WH 17 A881 2003


• Atlas of science : visualizing what we know: Q177 .B67 2010


• Chemistry : a molecular approach: QD31.3 .T759 2011


• Drive : the surprising truth about what motivates us: BF503 .P475 2011


• Extracellular matrix biology : QU 350 .E96 2012


• Fundamentals of biochemistry : life at the molecular level: QU 4 V876f 2012


• Future science : essays from the cutting edge: Q171 .F98 2011


• Handbook of sample preparation for scanning electron microscopy and x-ray microanalysis: QH212.S3 E24 2009


• The happiness project: BF575.H27 R83 2009


• Introduction to bioinformatics: QU 26.5 L629i 2008


• Medical imaging signals and systems: WN 180 P955m 2006


• The National Institutes of Health, 1991-2008: W 20.5 K187n 2010


• Personalized medicine : prescriptions and prospects: WB 102 P467 2011


• Principles of modern chemistry: QD31.3 .O88 2012


• Reinventing discovery : the new era of networked science: Q180.55.M4 N54 2012


• Shine : using brain science to get the best from your people: HF5549.5.M63 H345 2011


• Steve Jobs: QA76.2.J63 I83 2011


• Up and running with AutoCAD 2012 : 2D and 3D drawing and modeling: T385 .G5424 2012


• Your inner fish : a journey into the 3.5-billion-year history of the human body QS 124 S562y 2009a

Elsevier Publishing Boycott Gathers Steam Among Academics

Another interesting article in the Chronicle of Higher Education about scholary publishing, "Elsevier Publishing Boycott Gathers Steam Among Academics".

NIH Success Rate Hits All-time Low

Article in BioTechniques journal, NIH Success Rate Hits All-time Low , states that in 2011 only 18% of new research project grants were funded.

Who Gets to See Published Research?

Article in The Chronicle of Education, "Who Gets to See Published Research?", looks at the proposed Research Works Act and questions if taxpayers help pay for research should they be able to freely access the results in journal articles.

Open Science article in NYT

From the Science section of the New York Times: "Cracking Open the Scientific Process". This article takes a look at how research is currently done and proposes some new models of making the process and results more open. Mentioned in the article is the book, "Reinventing Discovery: The New Era of Networked Science" by Michael Nielsen, which can be checked out from the TSRI Library.