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Open Science Collaboration Blog ยท A publishing sting, but what was stung?
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Library Blog | Science Mag sting of OA journals: is it about Open Access or about peer review?
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| | Yesterday, Science Magazine scooped with a story on a sting with fake articles that passed peer review of 157 Open Access journals. In the article
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More thoughts on Open Access Journals | michaelschoon
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| | Recently an article in Science surveyed open access journals and found a number of distressing findings with respect to the peer review process. An overview is available at:http://www.scidev.net/global/publishing/news/sting-exposes-wild-west-of-open-access-publishing.html?utm_content=bufferb2a6d&utm_source=buffer&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=Buffer The original version in Science is at:http://www.sciencemag.org/content/342/6154/60.full As the Science article acknowledges, the same results could be found if we did a survey of traditional journals as...
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What Science - and the Gonzo Scientist - got wrong: open access will make research better | Curt Rice
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| | The "sting" operation published in Science Magazine claims to highlight corruption in the open access model, but it's actually about problems with peer review - even if Scie...
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The 10 Largest Venture Capital Firms Worldwide - The Techee
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| Sequoia, a16z, Dragoneer, Founders Fund, et al. These are the top-ten venture capital firms by assets under management.