I've Got Your Impact Factor Right Here! - Adam Ruben

Adam Ruben, molecular biologist turned humorist at the Johns hopkins University, talks about his perspectives on journal publications, humoristically taking on the current system which according to him is pretty much antiquated, where researchers are made to toggle and prod their data to suit the whims of reviewers. The toll it takes to make the publication look 'acceptable', according to Ruben, requires a separate PhD. In his article, I've Got Your Impact Factor Rght Here, he talks about upcoming journals such as the 'Journal of Negative results in Biomedicine' and vouches for a paradigm shift in the way we get our results published, where even failed experiments are published, that would otherwise remain mere sob stories in many a laboratory log book.