Publishing social science research inConservation Biologyto move beyond biology

Science Publishing, Social Media, and Nursing Research on Facebook and Twitter.

Communication in science remained unchanged for centuries. Academic journals were the main vehicle for sharing findings from experiments and other research studies. Articles published in peer-reviewed, high-reputation journals were the “coin of the realm.” Conference presentation was critical as an initial venue for sharing new ideas and receiving feedback about them. Transfer of ideas beyond t...

Nonlinear dynamics, mathematical biology, and social science

Social science evolves to include biology.

www.sciencemag.org SCIENCE VOL 323 13 FEBRUARY 2009 843 COVER An image of Mare Moscoviense on the lunar farside, taken by the Terrain Camera aboard the SELENE (Kaguya) spacecraft on 17 January 2008. Crater frequency distributions derived from such images yield ages of about 2.5 billion years for several volcanic deposits in this mare, indicating that volcanism on the lunar farside lasted about ...

A further move into electronic publishing

Perhaps some of you remember an editorial we wrote for our journal almost ten years ago entitled 'On the revival of an old and venerable journal'. We gave reasons for why our society should go on publishing Upsala Journal of Medical Sciences (UJMS) given the premises 'that it is not free of charge to run a business of this kind, despite the fact that the journal has grown thinner over the last ...

Artifact and/or Theory? Publishing Design Science Research in IS

With the rising interest in Design Science Research (DSR), it has become crucial to understand what the acceptable components of a DSR paper are, in order to get published. Central to this is the ongoing debate on what constitutes an acceptable contribution in DSR the artifact, the design theory or both? Two camps have emerged in this debate, and this panel is setup to engage thought leaders fr...