Friday

200619

Workout of the Day

Emily

10 rounds for time of:
30 double-unders
15 pull-ups
30 squats
100-m sprint
Rest 2 minutes

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The Death of the Author and the Birth of the Contributor?

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Richard Smith, former editor of the BMJ, examines the advantages and disadvantages of various authorship models for the publication of scientific research. He advocates for a model based on contributorship rather than authorship. He claims such a model would "reflect the diversity of views of contributors ... [and] help to move us beyond the illusion of a scientific paper as an objective artefact to a living, human and therefore imperfect document."

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