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*... that the journal '''''[[Minnesota History (journal)|Minnesota History]]''''' covers topics ranging from the [[Dakota War of 1862]] and [[cholera]] in the state to root beer stands of the [[Upper Midwest|Midwest]]? <small>(2019-05-16)</small> |
*... that the journal '''''[[Minnesota History (journal)|Minnesota History]]''''' covers topics ranging from the [[Dakota War of 1862]] and [[cholera]] in the state to root beer stands of the [[Upper Midwest|Midwest]]? <small>(2019-05-16)</small> |
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*... that the entire editorial board of the '''''[[International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health]]''''' resigned in protest in November 2017 over disputes involving the new editor-in-chief? <small>(2018-08-30)</small> |
*... that the entire editorial board of the '''''[[International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health]]''''' resigned in protest in November 2017 over disputes involving the new editor-in-chief? <small>(2018-08-30)</small> |
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*... that [[Supplement (publishing)|supplements]] and "symposia" published by [[academic journal]]s may be '''[[Conflicts of interest in academic publishing|paid publications]]''', neither independently peer-reviewed nor edited by journal staff? <small>(2018-07-03)</small> |
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*... that the [[Elsevier]] publication '''''[[Explore: The Journal of Science & Healing]]''''' has been described as a "sham masquerading as a real scientific journal" that publishes "truly ridiculous studies"? <small>(2017-01-27)</small> |
*... that the [[Elsevier]] publication '''''[[Explore: The Journal of Science & Healing]]''''' has been described as a "sham masquerading as a real scientific journal" that publishes "truly ridiculous studies"? <small>(2017-01-27)</small> |
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*... that [[Paul Heinrich von Groth|Paul von Groth]] edited '''''[[Zeitschrift für Kristallographie – Crystalline Materials|Zeitschrift für Krystallographie und Mineralogie]]''''' for 44 years and used it to catalog the properties of more than 9,000 crystalline substances? <small>(2017-01-09)</small> |
*... that [[Paul Heinrich von Groth|Paul von Groth]] edited '''''[[Zeitschrift für Kristallographie – Crystalline Materials|Zeitschrift für Krystallographie und Mineralogie]]''''' for 44 years and used it to catalog the properties of more than 9,000 crystalline substances? <small>(2017-01-09)</small> |
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*... that '''''[[The Shaker Quarterly]]''''', which began publication in 1961, helped revive interest in the [[Shakers]]? <small>(2017-01-01)</small> |
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*... that the focus of '''''[[Harvard Environmental Law Review]]''''' was changed because the original format was "too ambitious"? <small>(2016-12-13)</small> |
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*... that Christoph Bartneck wrote a nonsense submission for a '''[[predatory conference]]''' using [[iOS]]'s [[autocomplete]] function and it was accepted within three hours? <small>(2016-11-18)</small> |
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*... that the philosophy journal '''''[[Between the Species]]''''' took its name from a fictional periodical mentioned in a [[George Abbe]] novel? <small>(2016-10-13)</small> |
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*... that in the second year after its launch, biological [[preprint]]s hosted on '''[[bioRxiv]]''' [[disciplinary repository|repository]] were [[Twitter|tweeted]] about on over 20,000 occasions? <small>(2016-10-07)</small> |
*... that in the second year after its launch, biological [[preprint]]s hosted on '''[[bioRxiv]]''' [[disciplinary repository|repository]] were [[Twitter|tweeted]] about on over 20,000 occasions? <small>(2016-10-07)</small> |
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*... that '''''[[Public Health Reports]]''''' was established in 1878 to meet the requirements of the National Quarantine Act, which required American consulates abroad to report on epidemic diseases? <small>(2015-09-12)</small> |
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*... that students at the [[University of San Diego School of Law|University of San Diego]] '''[[San Diego Journal of Climate and Energy Law|created a law journal]]''' to encourage scholarship about "the world's transition to a climate-safe economy"? <small>(2015-09-05)</small> |
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*... that in the first edition of the '''''[[Columbia Journal of Environmental Law]]''''', [[Michael I. Sovern]] assured readers the journal would not be "recycled" like another "long-gone New York newspaper"? <small>(2015-08-25)</small> |
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*... that '''''[[The Urban Lawyer]]''''' is the largest circulating government law journal in the world? <small>(2015-07-17)</small> |
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*... that the journal '''''[[Genes, Brain and Behavior]]''''' is trying to raise standards for mouse mutant studies and reduce the unnecessary use of animals in flawed studies? <small>(2014-08-29)</small> |
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*... that due to enemy action in World War I, one set of expensive [[epigraphy|epigraphic]] illustration plates for '''''[[The Indian Antiquary]]''''' had to be sent from London to Bombay three times? <small>(2014-06-16)</small> |
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*... that '''''[[Accounting, Organizations and Society]]''''' is a top academic [[accounting]] [[academic journal|journal]] that focuses on the relationship between accounting and both human behaviour and organisations? <small>(2014-02-03)</small> |
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*... that publishing in leading '''[[List of accounting journals|accounting journals]]''' affects many aspects of an [[accounting research]]er's career, including reputation, salary, and promotion? <small>(2014-01-28)</small> |
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*... that articles in '''''[[The Accounting Review]]''''', a top [[accounting]] [[academic journal|journal]], have become increasingly [[Rigour#Mathematical rigour|mathematically rigorous]] over the past decades? <small>(2014-01-22)</small> |
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*... that early work on [[Bell's theorem]] appeared in an "underground" physics newsletter, '''''[[Epistemological Letters]]''''' (1973–1984), because mainstream journals were reluctant to publish it? <small>(2014-01-02)</small> |
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*... that in a recent academic study, '''''[[Who's Afraid of Peer Review?]]''''', a fake manuscript sent to open-access publishers was accepted by 157 and rejected by 98? <small>(2013-11-12)</small> |
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*... that '''''[[Virology (journal)|Virology]]''''' is the first English-language journal to focus on [[virus]]es? <small>(2013-02-22)</small> |
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*... that the '''''[[Indian Journal of Medical Research]],''''' first edited by Sir '''[[Pardey Lukis]],''' is celebrating its centenary this year? <small>(2013-01-30)</small> |
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*... that after twice fleeing civil unrest in Nigeria, '''[[Amina Mama]]''' moved to South Africa, where she became director of the '''[[African Gender Institute]]''' and founding editor of its peer-reviewed journal, '''''[[Feminist Africa]]'''''? <small>(2012-12-16)</small> |
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*... that the [[open-access journal]] '''[[PeerJ]]''' runs in the [[cloud computing|cloud]] on [[Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud|EC2]] and [[Amazon S3|S3]]? <small>(2012-06-26)</small> |
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*... that 20% of the authors in various academic disciplines report being the target of '''[[coercive citation]]''' by [[scientific journal]] editors? <small>(2012-06-02)</small> |
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*... that the '''[[Research Works Act]]''' proposed in the [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. House of Representatives]] would ban [[open access mandate]]s for federally funded research? <small>(2012-01-15)</small> |
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*... that [[Theodosius Dobzhansky]] was the first president of the '''[[Behavior Genetics Association]]'''? <small>(2011-02-21)</small> |
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*... that '''''[[The Concord Review]]''''' is the only academic journal in the world to publish the research papers of high school students? <small>(2011-01-16)</small> |
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*... that '''''[[Minds and Machines]]''''' is a [[peer-reviewed]] [[academic journal]] covering [[artificial intelligence]], [[philosophy]], and [[cognitive science]]? <small>(2010-10-12)</small> |
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*... that the earliest accurate description of an [[action potential]] appears in the first issue of the [[physiology]] journal '''''[[Pflügers Archiv: European Journal of Physiology|Pflügers Archiv]]'''''? <small>(2010-08-28)</small> |
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*... that the '''[[Oceanography Society]]''' gives out the Jerlov Award "in Recognition of Contribution Made to the Advancement of Our Knowledge of the Nature and Consequences of Light in the Ocean"? <small>(2010-08-08)</small> |
*... that the '''[[Oceanography Society]]''' gives out the Jerlov Award "in Recognition of Contribution Made to the Advancement of Our Knowledge of the Nature and Consequences of Light in the Ocean"? <small>(2010-08-08)</small> |
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*... that the '''''[[Journal of Contemporary Religion]]''''', covering [[new religious movements]] and trends in mainstream religion, was founded in 1985 as ''Religion Today'', with '''[[Peter B. Clarke]]''' as its founding editor? <small>(2010-06-25)</small> |
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*... that the '''''[[The Journal of Pathology|Journal of Pathology]]''''', founded in 1892, has been the official journal of the [[Pathological Society|Pathological Society of Great Britain and Ireland]] since 1906? <small>(2010-04-13)</small> |
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*... that the '''''[[American Journal of Physical Anthropology]]''''' was selected as one of the top 10 most influential journals of the last 100 years in the fields of biology and medicine? <small>(2010-01-12)</small> |
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*... that '''[[ORCID]]''' (Open Researcher and Contributor ID) is a proposed [[digital object identifier|DOI]] for [[scientist|scientific]] authors that according to journal ''[[Nature (journal)|Nature]]'' could be used in 'edits of [[Wikipedia]] entries'? <small>(2009-12-26)</small> |
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*... that a June 5, 1981, report by Dr. '''[[Joel Weisman]]''' in '''''[[Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report|MMWR]]''''' about five gay men with an unusual illness is recognized as the start of the [[AIDS pandemic]] and "the first report on [[AIDS]] in the medical literature"? <small>(2009-08-04)</small> |
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*... that the 1908 '''''[[Annual Bulletin (Comparative Law Bureau)|Annual Bulletin of the Comparative Law Bureau]]''''' was the first journal of [[comparative law]] in the [[United States]]? <small>(2009-03-26)</small> |
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*... that the first and so far the only [[mathematics]] paper by [[Bill Gates]] was published in '''''[[Discrete Mathematics (journal)|Discrete Mathematics]]''''' in 1979? <small>(2009-03-22)</small> |
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*... that the [[Open access (publishing)|open access]], [[peer review]]ed journal '''''[[Trials (journal)|Trials]]''''' encourages publication of [[clinical trial protocol|protocols]], which the journal's editor [[Doug Altman]] has suggested may reduce [[data dredging]] and [[publication bias]]? <small>(2009-02-27)</small> |
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*... that the scientific-technical journal '''''[[Oil Shale (journal)|Oil Shale]]''''' is the only journal in the world that focuses on [[oil shale]] as a main subject? <small>(2008-12-31)</small> |
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*... that '''''[[Biochimica et Biophysica Acta]]''''' was the first international [[academic journal|journal]] launched by publishing giant [[Elsevier]]? <small>(2008-12-14)</small> |
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*... that [[Kalaallit]] Dr. '''[[Karla Jessen Williamson]]''' was Editor of the '''''[[Journal of Indigenous Studies]]''''' before she became the first woman and first [[Inuit|Inuk]] Executive Director at the [[Arctic Institute of North America]]? <small>(2008-11-02)</small> |
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*... that the '''''[[Willamette Law Review]]''''' offices are housed in a former [[Carnegie library]] re-dedicated in a ceremony featuring [[U.S. Supreme Court]] judge [[Ruth Bader Ginsburg]]? <small>(2008-10-03)</small> |
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*... that '''[[Open Access movement]]''', a [[social movement]] in [[academia]] dedicated to the principle of [[open access]]—[[information]] sharing for the [[common good]]—traces its history to 1960s or earlier? <small>(2008-08-11)</small> |
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*... that '''''[[L'Année philologique]]''''' (''The Year in [[Philology]]'') annually gathers scholarly work related to [[Ancient Greece|ancient Greece]] and [[Ancient Rome|Rome]] from approximately 2,000 sources? <small>(2008-08-10)</small> |
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*... that the '''''[[Journal of Cell Science|Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science]]''''', founded in 1853, was edited for 68 years by the Lankester family? <small>(2008-04-22)</small> |
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*... that the '''[[Edinburgh Phrenological Society]]''' started its own journal to promote [[phrenology]] in 1824, after the [[Royal Medical Society]] refused to publish the results of a debate about the subject? <small>(2008-03-14)</small> |
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*... that '''''[[Epigraphia Carnatica]]''''', compiled by [[Benjamin L. Rice]], contains a study of about 9000 inscriptions found in the [[Mysore State|Old Mysore]] region of [[India]]? <small>(2008-03-13)</small> |
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*... that scholarly journal '''''[[Anarchist Studies]]''''' was attacked by [[Stewart Home]] as a "sad and [[reactionary]] 'academic' journal" incapable of engaging in critical debate? <small>(2008-02-24)</small> |
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*... that the '''[[International Association for Plant Taxonomy]]''' organizes international [[Symposium|symposia]] on problems of [[plant taxonomy|plant systematics]]? <small>(2007-12-19)</small> |
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*... that '''''[[Le Naturaliste Canadien]]''''' is the oldest [[French-language]] [[academic journal]] in North America? <small>(2007-10-31)</small> |
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*... that the '''''[[New Zealand Journal of Forestry]]''''' was first published in 1925 with a title in [[Māori language|Māori]]? <small>(2007-10-22)</small> |
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*... that the [[academic journal]] '''''[[African Affairs]]''''' was first published to commemorate the travels of the explorer [[Mary Kingsley]]? <small>(2007-10-13)</small> |
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*... that '''''[[Astronomische Nachrichten]]''''', founded by [[Heinrich Christian Schumacher|H. C. Schumacher]] ''(pictured)'' in 1821, is the world's oldest extant [[astronomy|astronomical]] [[Academic journal|journal]]? <small>(2007-10-12)</small> |
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*... that new [[bacteria]]l [[species]] names are not considered valid until published in the '''''[[International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology]]'''''? <small>(2007-10-02)</small> |
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*... that the '''''[[Journal of the Royal Statistical Society]]''''', today a prominent academic journal in statistics, had as its first work a simple door-to-door survey of occupations in [[Manchester]]? <small>(2007-09-25)</small> |
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*... that each year over 1000 [[research]] papers are submitted for [[academic publishing]] in the [[Journal of Finance]] ([[finance]]'s most cited journal) of which only five are awarded '''[[Smith Breeden Prize|Smith Breeden]]''' or '''[[Brattle Prize]]s'''? <small>(2007-09-14)</small> |
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*... that the '''''[[Journal of Molecular Evolution]]''''', founded in 1971, was the first [[scientific journal]] dedicated to this [[molecular evolution|field]]? <small>(2007-09-09)</small> |
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*... that '''''[[ACS Chemical Biology]]''''' is the first [[peer-review|peer-reviewed]] [[scientific journal]] to publish [[three-dimensional|3D]] interactive [[chemical structure]]s replicating printed figures? <small>(2007-08-06)</small> |
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*... that '''[[academic authorship|authorship]]''' of a research article in fields such as [[genome sequencing]] and [[particle physics]] is sometimes claimed by over 100 scientists? <small>(2007-07-07)</small> |
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- ... that the World Health Organization's Weekly Epidemiological Record reports on neglected tropical diseases? (2020-11-08)
- ... that in the Australian Journal of Herpetology, a first-year student and a high school teacher reassessed the taxonomy of Australia's entire reptile class, naming 33 novel genera and 214 new species? (2020-05-20)
- ... that physicist John Bell published the theorem that now bears his name in a journal sometimes called by the unusual title Physics Physique Физика? (2020-02-18)
- ... that Skandinavskii sbornik (Scandinavian Review) was the principal forum for Soviet scholars of Nordic studies for 35 years until the collapse of the Soviet Union? (2020-02-06)
- ... that the journal Minnesota History covers topics ranging from the Dakota War of 1862 and cholera in the state to root beer stands of the Midwest? (2019-05-16)
- ... that the entire editorial board of the International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health resigned in protest in November 2017 over disputes involving the new editor-in-chief? (2018-08-30)
- ... that the Elsevier publication Explore: The Journal of Science & Healing has been described as a "sham masquerading as a real scientific journal" that publishes "truly ridiculous studies"? (2017-01-27)
- ... that Paul von Groth edited Zeitschrift für Krystallographie und Mineralogie for 44 years and used it to catalog the properties of more than 9,000 crystalline substances? (2017-01-09)
- ... that in the second year after its launch, biological preprints hosted on bioRxiv repository were tweeted about on over 20,000 occasions? (2016-10-07)
- ... that the Oceanography Society gives out the Jerlov Award "in Recognition of Contribution Made to the Advancement of Our Knowledge of the Nature and Consequences of Light in the Ocean"? (2010-08-08)