In my previous post, I introduced Aquilops, a new little dinosaur from ancient Montana, and talked about some of the science behind establishing…

I tend to think of fish brains as fairly unremarkable. Too simple relative to mammal brains, too un-dinosaur-y relative to dinosaur brains…

Open access publication has, for the most part, long since ceased to be controversial. Although it certainly isn’t without its minor issues…

Fossils are part of our planet’s natural heritage. These traces of organisms that lived long before the founding of any nation are…

For a long time now, I’ve been beating the drum of “provide your data.” If you’re willing to take take a whole…

On January 6, 2011, Nature announced a new Open Access (OA) publication called Scientific Reports. Nature’s news underscores the growing acceptance of…

Recently, Kent Anderson posted some misleading comments about PLoS ONE on the Scholarly Kitchen, a blog site established by the Society for…

In 2009, in this online world, how do most scientists and medics find the articles they need to read? The answer for…

The latest impact factors (for 2007) have just been released from Thomson Reuters. They are as follows: PLoS Biology – 13.5 PLoS…