Kent Anderson

I am the CEO/Publisher of the Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery, Inc. Prior to this, I was an executive at the New England Journal of Medicine. I also was Director of Medical Journals at the American Academy of Pediatrics.
Kent Anderson has written 1003 posts for The Scholarly Kitchen

Glass Houses and Straw Men — An Attempt to Assess the Quality of Statistical Analyses Fails Its Own Test

Do higher impact journals do a better job with their statistics? A study with a sexy title proves to be poorly designed and poorly reported. Continue reading »

The RCUK Open Access Policy Is Revised — Complexity, Confusion, and Conflicting Messages Abound

After a great deal of public and political resistance, the RCUK revises its OA policy. Unfortunately, the revisions only highlight the same problems, sow more confusion, and reveal how central the issue of academic freedom is to this approach. Continue reading »

A Thousand Posts — A Milestone or a Millstone?

When your blog lets you know it’s impressed with your production level, you know you’ve done something that’s both impressive and regrettable. Continue reading »

Financial Realities — A New Analysis Suggests OA Will Have a Benign Effect on Publishers

A new financial analysis of open access and two major publishers suggests that many of the trends we’re seeing aren’t about adversarial ideas and win:lose propositions, but about relatively small market adjustments and incremental changes. Continue reading »

Walter Cronkite Tours the Home of 2001 — Complete with the Information Console

What an idea! Information consoles in the home of the future. They only missed the existence of wi-fi and cellular, and how those made everything portable. Continue reading »

Rediscovering Stephen King — Two Thousand Pages of Exhilaration

Rediscovering the master of suspense and a superb writer again brings immersive joy to this reader. Continue reading »

Ignorance As Argument — A Chemist Alleges Publishers Exploit Typography for Money

A chemist complains about publishers exploiting authors through typesetting controls, but fails to understand exactly what it is and why it’s important. Continue reading »

Putting Your Money Where Your Mouth Is — Is Gold OA Just a New Frontier for Nature?

Nature (the journal) announces unwavering support for Gold OA on the same day Nature (the company) announces a major Gold OA partnership. But Nature (the journal) doesn’t itself adopt Gold OA. Why not? Continue reading »

The eLife Story Continues — Evasions Seem the Best We Can Expect

The continued silence from major funders involved in the eLife-PubMed Central scandal is creating a noise all its own. Continue reading »

Taking Issue — A New York Times Editorial Mishandles the OSTP Memorandum

The OSTP memorandum is a reasonable step forward for everyone. However, a NYT editorial provides misleading interpretations of its scope and design. Continue reading »

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