41: Objecting to published research (with William Gunn) - a podcast by Dan Quintana

In this episode, Dan and James are joined by William Gunn (Director of Scholarly communications at Elsevier) to discuss ways in which you can object to published research.
They also cover:What differentiates an analytics company from a publishing company?
How scientific journals are one of the last areas to fully adopt the dynamic nature of the internetData repositories
How to make a correction in a journalThe benefits of Registered Reports
When everyone asked Elsevier for a journal of negative results but no one submitted to themHow unit of publication isn’t really indicative of science as a process
Altmetrics and gaming the systemHow to appeal to a journal about a paper
Citation cartels: the dumbest crimeWilliam’s switch from research to publishing and his shift in perspective
The crackpot indexJames’ flowchart on how to contact an editor
The copyediting processElsevier’s approach to open peer review: should junior researchers be worried?
The one thing William thinks that everyone else thinks is crazyWilliam’s most worthwhile career investment
The one paper that William thinks everyone should readLinks
Williams’s twitter account: @mrgunnWilliams’s blog: http://synthesis.williamgunn.org
The Crackpot index: http://math.ucr.edu/home/baez/crackpot.htmlThe paper William thinks everyone should read: http://stm.sciencemag.org/content/8/341/341ps12.full Special Guest: William Gunn.

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