In a previous post I mentioned the lovely Darlene Cavalier, the former cheerleader turned science boffin who, among many other projects, is bringing science concepts to the people in a way they can always understand, ie by having Philadelphia 76ers cheerleaders give sciency facts while looking pretty and shaking their pom poms. [youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0u6oDP7GYt4&hl=en&fs=1&color1=0x5d1719&color2=0xcd311b&border=1] Darlene (also…

Once again the death of the impact factor has been announced and as usual I wonder whether Mark Twain would mind his famous quote being misappropriated once again, that is, another death being greatly exaggerated. While F1000 has always held the view that impact factor is not the best gauge of a paper’s worth, Richard…