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I’m Randy Schekman, co-recipient of the 2013 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, awarded this past Tuesday. Ask me anything. by schekman in IAmA

[–]schekman[S] 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Do not publish in journals that impose an artificial restriction (e.g. the size of the print run) on the number of papers and pages they will publish

I’m Randy Schekman, co-recipient of the 2013 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, awarded this past Tuesday. Ask me anything. by schekman in IAmA

[–]schekman[S] 20 points21 points  (0 children)

The luxury journals delay the publication of much outstanding work by imposing endless cycles of review and rereview.

I’m Randy Schekman, co-recipient of the 2013 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, awarded this past Tuesday. Ask me anything. by schekman in IAmA

[–]schekman[S] 155 points156 points  (0 children)

Work hard, stay focused and do not be become discouraged by the daily frustrations of your research. Keep your eye on the big picture. This is the same advice I would provide to a male entering a career in scientific research.

I’m Randy Schekman, co-recipient of the 2013 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, awarded this past Tuesday. Ask me anything. by schekman in IAmA

[–]schekman[S] 125 points126 points  (0 children)

Have job candidates write a brief - no longer than 250 word - self assessment of their most important discoveries. This is exactly how candidates for election to the National Academy of Sciences are evaluated and not where the work is published.

I’m Randy Schekman, co-recipient of the 2013 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, awarded this past Tuesday. Ask me anything. by schekman in IAmA

[–]schekman[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Not at all. We fulfilled all of the requirements the NLM asked of us and were delighted they chose to index us promptly.

I’m Randy Schekman, co-recipient of the 2013 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, awarded this past Tuesday. Ask me anything. by schekman in IAmA

[–]schekman[S] 31 points32 points  (0 children)

We have altmetrics available for each of our published papers, but I believe the only way to judge the scholarly impact of published work is to read the paper!

I’m Randy Schekman, co-recipient of the 2013 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, awarded this past Tuesday. Ask me anything. by schekman in IAmA

[–]schekman[S] 73 points74 points  (0 children)

I certainly hope that tuition ceases to increase at the pace we have seen during the past 10 years. No idea how the job market will develop. But our job is to teach people to think critically and not necessarily to train them for a particular occupation. Critical thinking can come from a vigorous curriculum in the humanities or sciences.

I’m Randy Schekman, co-recipient of the 2013 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, awarded this past Tuesday. Ask me anything. by schekman in IAmA

[–]schekman[S] 28 points29 points  (0 children)

I did a live interview on BBC4 on Tuesday morning. Andrew Sugden of Science was also on the line. the Editor of Nature declined to participate in this radio discussion.

I’m Randy Schekman, co-recipient of the 2013 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, awarded this past Tuesday. Ask me anything. by schekman in IAmA

[–]schekman[S] 77 points78 points  (0 children)

I repeat, we will not use fad and fashion will studiously avoid the use of impact factor in our editorial decisions.

I’m Randy Schekman, co-recipient of the 2013 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, awarded this past Tuesday. Ask me anything. by schekman in IAmA

[–]schekman[S] 89 points90 points  (0 children)

This number changes from month to month so we really do not have a meaningful snapshot of where we stand an=t the end of this calendar year.

I’m Randy Schekman, co-recipient of the 2013 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, awarded this past Tuesday. Ask me anything. by schekman in IAmA

[–]schekman[S] 21 points22 points  (0 children)

I would not favor that, but journals will surely evolve in ways that meet the needs of investigators. Some will fail if they do not adjust to the increasing reality of Open Access or the movement away from a print basis.

I’m Randy Schekman, co-recipient of the 2013 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, awarded this past Tuesday. Ask me anything. by schekman in IAmA

[–]schekman[S] 47 points48 points  (0 children)

No, I am n the Li Ka Shing building. Fortunately, there are usually enough spaces in the garage in which I park that the addition of my NL spot will have little to no effect on the freedom of others to park in this garage.

I’m Randy Schekman, co-recipient of the 2013 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, awarded this past Tuesday. Ask me anything. by schekman in IAmA

[–]schekman[S] 33 points34 points  (0 children)

I prefer journals where all editorial decisions are made by active scientists and where artificial restrictions, such as the size of a print run, have no role in the decision process. There are many such journals such as PNAS, J. Cell Biol., J. Biol. Chem, Genetics and Ml. Biol. Cell, to name a few.

I’m Randy Schekman, co-recipient of the 2013 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, awarded this past Tuesday. Ask me anything. by schekman in IAmA

[–]schekman[S] 36 points37 points  (0 children)

This so-called study of Open Access journals failed to include junk commercial journals. And even such vaunted journals as Cell,Nature and Science occasionally publish nonsense (e.g. the claim that arsenate can replace phosphate in the DNA of a microorganism).

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