We Are All Gatekeepers Now

SoNYC

March 20, 2012

Ivan Oransky, MDRetraction Watch

Reuters Health

Themes

• Retractions by the numbers

• Lessons from arsenic life

• The power of blogs

• Post-publication peer review

Retractions on the Rise

-The Wall Street Journal

Retractions on the Rise

Retractions on the Rise

-Nature

Retractions on the Rise

-Neil Saunders

The Unofficial Record Holder

Which Journals Retract?

-Infection and Immunity 2011

Which Journals Retract?

Arsenic Life

http://discovermagazine.com

Arsenic Life

http://discovermagazine.com

Trust Anonymous Whistleblowers

http://www.labtimes.org

Blogs Get Aggressive

http://abnormalscienceblog.wordpress.com/

Blogs Get Aggressive

Blogs Get Aggressive

http://md-anderson-cc.blogspot.com

Journals are Listening

Retraction Watch

Retraction Watch

http://www.nature.com/nm/

Retraction Watch

http://www.nature.com/nm/

Blog Networks

http://www.scienceonline2012.com

Blog Networks

http://blog.wcgworld.com/

Post-Publication Peer Review

Nature (22 Dec 2011) doi:10.1038/480449a

Post-Publication Peer Review

http://crossref.org/

Post-Publication Peer Review

Post-Publication Peer Review

http://precedings.nature.com/

Post-Publication Peer Review

Alt Metrics

http://total-impact.org/

Alt Metrics

http://sciencecard.org/

Acknowledgements/Contact Info

Thanks to Nancy Lapid of Reuters Health

ivan.oransky@thomsonreuters.com

@ivanoransky (better)