Category Archives: Scientific papers

In which I admire their honesty

Posted on February 27, 2014 by Jennifer Rohn

Kudos to Mateja Erdani Kreft of the University of Ljubljana and Horst Robenek from the University of Münster for telling it like it is: You don’t often see such candor in the methods section of your local journal article – … Continue reading →

Posted in Scientific method, Scientific papers, Scientific thinking, Silliness, The profession of science | 5 Comments

In which numbers lie – except when they flatter us

Posted on October 10, 2012 by Jennifer Rohn

Bibliometrics have been making me cross recently. In the past month, I’ve stumbled across two instances where journal impact factors were being used in a grossly inappropriate way to assess the worth and quality of scientist colleagues. This exposure in … Continue reading →

Posted in LabLit, Scientific papers, The profession of science, Writing | 20 Comments

In which they don’t make authorship like they used to

Posted on September 24, 2012 by Jennifer Rohn

I recently had the pleasure of helping to judge the Max Perutz Science Writing Prize competition, held by the Medical Research Council in collaboration with the London Metro newspaper. The brief for aspiring young writers was to explain why their … Continue reading →

Posted in Science journalism, Scientific papers, The profession of science, Writing | 25 Comments