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Daily Archives: 13 August 2012
Sick of Impact Factors
I am sick of impact factors and so is science. The impact factor might have started out as a good idea, but its time has come and gone. Conceived by Eugene Garfield in the 1970s as a useful tool for … Continue reading
Posted in impact factor, Open Access, science, scientific publishing
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I Am Not A Bimbo
Not so long ago I read a distressed ‘rant’ about being catcalled in London, from a woman who seemed persistently to be subjected to it – and worse. Alice voiced her anger and her misery in detail and provoked a … Continue reading
Posted in demeaning, dinner conversation, Equality, patronising, social interactions, Women in science
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