tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36768584.post5244412184927119330..comments2024-03-03T18:49:34.382-05:00Comments on Omics! Omics!: Time to Recognize A New Norm in Scientific Review!Keith Robisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04765318239070312590noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36768584.post-15345316530631522542011-01-31T07:16:54.589-05:002011-01-31T07:16:54.589-05:00INteresting Points. However, as you point out, if ...INteresting Points. However, as you point out, if someone feels strongly about an issue in a published article, they should be either sending in a letter to the editor or contacting the authors directly. When people decide to Blog instead of taking these routes, they have decided to not address the authors directly and because of that, they can't expect a direct response from the authors. Furthermore, let's be honest, we are drowning a in sea of bla bla bla... more articles, more words, more places to post all of this and yet there seems to be less and less fruitful communication (which is, fundamentally, what you saying in your article). I don't think saying that scientist should be responsible for checking all these posts out AND responding to them is a solution (or realistic). Write to the authors, call them, talk to them at a conference... good old fashion communication!HCnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36768584.post-66136778370534596532011-01-24T17:47:21.086-05:002011-01-24T17:47:21.086-05:00You make some nice points. I like that you're ...You make some nice points. I like that you're looking at peer review as a means to an end. Unfortunately, a lot of our colleagues have lost that perspective, coming to see the peer review institution itself as the guardian of science. <br /><br />Peer review is always going to be (and always has been) a linchpin of science. The <i>form</i> of that review, though, has changed a lot over time, and will change a lot in the future. I share you excitement that peer review aggregating post-publication social media activity can work in the long run.Jason Priemhttp://jasonpriem.comnoreply@blogger.com