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Altmetrics as a discovery tool

Altmetrics is all the rage these days in the scientometrics world. One rationale for developing these metrics has been to quantify the entire range of academic output beyond publications to include everything from datasets and code to presentations. The idea is that these metrics would one day be used in tenure committees (and tenure track [...] Read more – ‘Altmetrics as a discovery tool’.

Make your research a little more open this year

After a winter break of working at half-speed, I’m finding it a little daunting to face the overwhelming number of projects that need my attention in the new year. As I sort through and prioritize the ones where the biggest fires are raging, I also like to use this time to reevaluate how I go [...] Read more – ‘Make your research a little more open this year’.

Formatting tables in markdown

Since someone asked about tables in markdown in the comments section of an earlier post, I thought I’d elaborate a little more. Since the appeal of markdown is its minimalism, options for formatting tables are also fairly limited. LaTeX is a much better tool if one needs to work with complicated tables (like cells that [...] Read more – ‘Formatting tables in markdown’.

Thoughts on a preprint server

In my last post I sang praises for markdown as a way to write and collaborate on manuscripts and other scientific documents. As easy as it is to use, the one command line step is enough of a barrier for most academics. This brought back an old idea that I batted around with a few [...] Read more – ‘Thoughts on a preprint server’.

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