Tag Archives: journals

Twitter tips for beginners

Posted on November 28, 2019 by stu

A few months ago I wrote a post for an internal blog at work about getting started with Twitter… I figure enough time has passed that I can now share it with a wider audience. It’s sort of a Twitter-101, … Continue reading →

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Imperfect impact

Posted on January 23, 2016 by stu

The problems with impact factors are well known – I could give you a long list of things to read that explain why, but just start with this blog post from Stephen Curry and go from there. I have a … Continue reading →

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Chemistry journal citation distributions

Posted on December 10, 2015 by stu

Over at my day job, I recently looked at the distribution of citations that 2012 and 2013 Nature Chemistry papers (Articles, Reviews and Perspectives) received in 2014 – essentially the citations that are used to calculate the 2014 impact factor … Continue reading →

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The molecular TIE fighter

Posted on April 22, 2014 by stu

Where did the inspiration for the TIE fighters in Star Wars come from? Well, we surely can’t rule out that George Lucas read this Zeitschrift für anorganische und allgemeine Chemie paper from 1953 and was particularly struck by the following … Continue reading →

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How the job market used to work…

Posted on April 22, 2014 by stu

For reasons that will become apparent in a few months (it’s not that exciting), I have spent a lot of today looking at papers associated with the discovery and early structural studies of ferrocene. I have come across wonderful footnotes … Continue reading →

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8 years

Posted on January 9, 2014 by stu

On this day eight years ago, I arrived for my first day of work at Nature Publishing Group (NPG). During my time at NPG, I have: – helped to launch two journals (Nature Nanotechnology and Nature Chemistry) – had three … Continue reading →

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10 quick cover-letter tips for submitting scientific papers

Posted on November 2, 2013 by stu

This is more a list of don’ts than dos; there’s a serious blog post/editorial that needs to be written about how to write an effective cover letter, but for now, here’s a quick checklist for you all… 1. Send in … Continue reading →

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The last writes

Posted on July 12, 2013 by stu

Earlier this week I was looking through the references of a paper that will eventually be published in Nature Chemistry and I noticed the name ‘Brown, H. C.’ in one of them. After checking out the paper in question, I … Continue reading →

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Citation circles

Posted on June 20, 2013 by stu

Here’s another slide – some chemistry journal citation stats; interpret as you see fit!

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Papers published in 2012

Posted on June 20, 2013 by stu

Here’s a copy of a slide from my publishing talk. This compares the numbers of papers published in some general chemistry journals and a few non-chemistry-specific journals; it hammers home just how big PLOS One is! The data comes from … Continue reading →

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