Is a knol a scientific publishing platform?

Posted on August 19, 2008 by peanutbutter

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Google has recently released knol, which most people are calling Google’s version of Wikipedia. The main difference between a knol and a wikipedia article is that a knol has associated authorship or ownership against an article. This factor has caused some issues an outcries focusing on the merits of the [...]

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Double standards in Nature biotechnology

Posted on August 7, 2008 by peanutbutter

OK, So that is a relatively inflammatory and controversial headline, edging on the side of tabloid sensationalism. What is refers to is probably a situation that I may never find myself in again, which is in this months edition of Nature Biotechnology I am an author on two, biological standards related publications.
The first is a [...]

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