I didn’t mean to write about peer review again. Two things I never mean to write about are Peer Review and Impact Factors, but being an editor provides a privileged viewpoint on both so I seem to keep coming back to them. And here we go again: … Read more
Last week we got an email from one of our referees, who we were chasing for a report, asking a very common question not only for us on Nature Protocols but for editors in general. We ask referees to turn in their reports in 10 days, or let usknow if they need longer. “Why” asked our referee “10 days?”. He (or possibly she) went on to point out that Protocols aren’t the most time sensitive of publications and journals like Nature and Cell ask for 14 days for reviewing. Who does Nature Protocols think it is to be demanding such fast turn around times? Read more
Nature Protocols likes to be part of the on-line community. In addition to the main journal (which, in 2006, was one the first NPG titles to have commenting on its articles), we have the Protocol Exchange, Stepwise (the blog), a twitter account and – the subject of today’s story – the Nature Protocols Discussion Forum. Read more
Ever since I found out about RSS feeds (and igoogle), I have looked at our home page and thought: “Wouldn’t it be nice if there were RSS feeds at the category level?”. Read more
A feature of the new, improved Protocol Exchange site is that each protocol is associated with a Lab Group. A full list of these Lab Groups can be access from the Lab Groups tab. Read more
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