Publication Bias, Journal Costs, Open Access

A couple of interesting pieces passed through the office today:

1. An example of publication bias in SSRI & autism research (note: small sample, etc apply):

Overall, the 365 participants in the six studies showed a small response to the SSRIs, but that association disappeared when the researchers accounted for the studies that were completed but never published.

2. Harvard encourages (source) faculty to consider open access options:

1. Make sure that all of your own papers are accessible by submitting them to DASH in accordance with the faculty-initiated open-access policies (F).

2. Consider submitting articles to open-access journals, or to ones that have reasonable, sustainable subscription costs; move prestige to open access (F).

3. If on the editorial board of a journal involved, determine if it can be published as open access material, or independently from publishers that practice pricing described above. If not, consider resigning (F).

4. ....

Read letter.  See also: Elsevier boycott.