Conférence - Harold E. Varmus : How Do Scientists Inform Others about Their Work? Why Evolving Publication Practices Are Contentious

Edith Heard

Collège de France

Epigénétique et mémoire cellulaire

Année 2023-2024

Conférence - Harold E. Varmus : How Do Scientists Inform Others about Their Work? Why Evolving Publication Practices Are Contentious

Harold E. Varmus

Prix Nobel de physiologie ou médecine

Résumé

I will talk about how scientists inform others about their results, with emphasis on the rise of scientific journals and the often excessive importance conferred upon work that appears in a few especially prestigious venues. A central element of this lecture will concern the use of the internet to make scientific information more accessible through public digital libraries, "open access" publication practices, preprint servers, and posts in social media. Problems associated with publication practices and peer review – including non-reproducibility, misconduct, and misuse of artificial intelligence – will also be discussed.