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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:

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• What differentiates an analytics company from a publishing company?
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• How scientific journals are one of the last areas to fully adopt the dynamic nature of the internet
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• Data repositories
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• How to make a correction in a journal
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• The benefits of Registered Reports
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• When everyone asked Elsevier for a journal of negative results but no one submitted to them
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• How unit of publication isn\u2019t really indicative of science as a process
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• Altmetrics and gaming the system
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• How to appeal to a journal about a paper
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• Citation cartels: the dumbest crime
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• William\u2019s switch from research to publishing and his shift in perspective
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• The crackpot index
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• James\u2019 flowchart on how to contact an editor
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• The copyediting process
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• Elsevier\u2019s approach to open peer review: should junior researchers be worried?
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• The one thing William thinks that everyone else thinks is crazy
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• William\u2019s most worthwhile career investment
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• The one paper that William thinks everyone should read
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Links

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• Williams\u2019s twitter account: @mrgunn
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• Williams\u2019s blog: http://synthesis.williamgunn.org
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• The Crackpot index: http://math.ucr.edu/home/baez/crackpot.html
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• The paper William thinks everyone should read: http://stm.sciencemag.org/content/8/341/341ps12.full
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Special Guest: William Gunn.

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