Should scientific journals publish high-risk scientific research that could in the wrong hands be disastrous for us all? Although it might be sensible to keep certain results secret for a while, I argue that eventually it does not make sense to withhold results in the long-term. What is this all about? Yesterday saw the publication [...]
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Impact factor season
June 29, 2011
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I’m glad I’m travelling this week, as yesterday the impact factors have been announced. I actually forgot about the pending announcement yesterday, when some of my hosts here in Singapore reminded me about it at dinner(!). And sure enough, last night twitter was all abuzz with impact factors. The reason I am happy I’m away [...]
Read moreStewardship of scientific data
February 11, 2011
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This week Science magazine has an interesting special issue on scientific data, covering a variety of topics from data backup and data visualization to open data. It seems these contributions are free to access for registered user of their web site, and it certainly is worthwhile to have a look. The editorial in particular lays out [...]
Read moreTransparency in peer review
November 10, 2010
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As an editor of a scientific journal, one of my key duties is to organise the peer review of submitted scientific papers. There, I ask other experts to take a look at a paper and let me know their opinion on technical correctness of their findings, and perhaps also what the importance and impact of [...]
Read moreJames Martin’s quest to save mankind
October 31, 2010
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How do you approach the life of James Martin, a man who has given $150 million to Oxford University in what is the largest donation by a single donor for any British universities. Who has written 103 best-selling textbooks mainly in the computer sciences, who for decades has advised business and political leaders first on [...]
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Welcome to my personal blog, where I write about the latest exciting developments in the physical sciences. As editor at one of the leading scientific journals in the physical sciences I bring my own perspective to the latest trends in the field.
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- Great, the physics Nobel prize for graphene! Now don’t overhype it…
- Science in the age of austerity
- Transparency in peer review
- Semiconductor optical switches reach the speed of light
- What are the realistic promises of metamaterials and cloaking?
- The air is getting thinner for silicon’s competitors
- High-risk research can’t be kept secret forever
- The economics of science
- Decisions, decisions
- Transistors reach the single atom limit
- Why fancy illustrations are so wrong
- From ‘abbreviations’ to ‘Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance’
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