Our professors do the research. They write the papers and proofread them. They even do the peer review. Then they sign the copyright over to publishers, who don’t pay them a dime —they’re paid by grants and salary, our taxes, and tuition. Harvard th
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Vast improvements in raw computing power, storage capacity, algorithms, and networking capabilities have led to fundamental scientific discoveries inspired by a new generation of computational models . . .Powerful 'data mining' techniques operating across
Peer review, originally to filter out unreasonable claims, now focuses on the marketable value of a manuscript. Open access journals should return the focus to academic, not commercial, criteria.
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One of integrative medicine's foremost academic leaders, Brian M. Berman, MD, is the Director and Professor of the Complementary Medicine Program and the Founder and Director of the Center for Integrative Medicine, the first integrative medicine center at