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Thanks to Journal Info

Posted on July 13, 2007 by pm286

I have just discovered Journal Info from the University of Lund which lists ca 18,000 journals. From the FAQ: Real Answers to real questions about Journal Info. What is the purpose of the service? The purpose is to provide an … Continue reading →

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Problems with character sets when blogging

Posted on July 12, 2007 by pm286

This post is primarily to test Feedburner which gripes about strange characters. Some of my material comes from other sites such as the publisher’s web pages that I have been analysing recently. These contain all sort of strange material such … Continue reading →

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Do authors want to give publishers a monopoly over their data?

Posted on July 12, 2007 by pm286

In response to my post Why doesn’t Springer use a CC licence? and Bill Hooker’s reply Egon Willighagen writes: Egon Says: Bill, regarding [1]… I think the following plays a role here. Say the make it CC-BY, and someone extracts … Continue reading →

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NC or not-NC

Posted on July 10, 2007 by pm286

NC or not-NC – the future of this blog awaits your verdict. There have been recent comments suggesting that as I am advocating CC-BY (and not CC-NC) for Open Access papers, then this blog should also use CC-BY. CC-BY is … Continue reading →

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Open Access – Reply to Springer

Posted on July 9, 2007 by pm286

In a recent post Springer – I resign from your Journal – July 8th, 2007 I criticized Springer for their failure to implement their Open Choice according to their promise to authors. I thank Jan Velterop for his speedy and … Continue reading →

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Where the scientific mind is without fear (Totally Retrosynthetic)

Posted on July 4, 2007 by pm286

This is the title of Totally Restrosynthetic’s lastest post Where the scientific mind is without fear. The post of Peter Murray-Rust about my totallyretrosynthetic blog made me to do this post though I have been very busy lately. (I am … Continue reading →

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Making a donkey from a hamburger (XHTML)

Posted on July 4, 2007 by pm286

Peter Sefton and we are collaborating on tools to create XHTML and other markup languages in a simple environment. But surely there are tools already to manage HTML – it’s ca 15 years old…? Yes, there are tools – and … Continue reading →

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What we do at UCC – job opportunity in Polymer Informatics

Posted on June 26, 2007 by pm286

I don’t normally say very much in this blog about what our day jobs are; now is a useful time to do so. The Centre is sponsored by Unilever PLC – the multinational company with many brands in foods and … Continue reading →

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WWMM is back

Posted on June 7, 2007 by pm286

Our server suffered physical damage due to a power problem and has been off air for several days. Many thanks to the Computer Officer team who have physically mended it. I have a lot that I would like to write … Continue reading →

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Blogotrivia

Posted on May 6, 2007 by pm286

A few points for readers and contributors. SPAM. I get a few hundred a day. Akismet does a superb job of precision/recall but occasionally a few genuines get false spam. If so, repots and mail me and I’ll see if … Continue reading →

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