Unconventional publication.

Publication, publication, publication…

2013 has been a year of relative stability at the Annals. After two years of rapid changes in staff and implementation of our electronic manuscript handling, this year we had time and people to consolidate. Authors in particular will have noticed the hard work of Kim Lewry, our Editorial Assistant, who has tracked down papers that were stuck in the system and has made a substantial contribution...

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redundant publication' or 'duplicate publication' in the biomedical literature

Unconventional Mergers

This article discusses the nature of the operation Merge, and the possibility of unconventional mergers, with some attention to the issue of representation. Regular Merge has three possible effects, depending on the input. Next to ‘first-time’ merge, there are both ‘internal’ and ‘external’ remerge. The last creates a temporary doubly-rooted structure, which potentially results in a configurati...

Unconventional Wisdom

Science is an "endless frontier," and opportunities for transformative discovery abound. The young scientist will profit by paying mind to two forms of balance: the contrast between depth and breadth in training, and the contrast between hypothesis-driven research and random inquiry into the unknown.