Hello, Ecolog! I'm writing to share a manuscript that may be of interest to the ecology community, and to request feedback.
Our paper, "The role of twitter in the life cycle of a scientific publication", addresses how social media can be used to help scientists in generating research ideas, collaborating across distance, and spreading the word about a published paper. The paper has been submitted for traditional peer review, but we are also performing an "open peer review" via PeerJ. As part of this open peer-review, anyone can see our submitted manuscript and provide comments on it publicly. If you'd prefer, we'd also be happy to take private comments in the form of an e-mail to me ([email protected]) The manuscript can be found online here: https://peerj.com/preprints/16/ I am happy to answer any questions anyone has about our paper, other uses of social media, or the process of open peer review. Thanks, all! Sincerely, -- *David Shiffman* *Ph.D. Student, Research Assistant,* Abess Center for Ecosystem Science and Policy <http://www.cesp.miami.edu/> R.J. Dunlap Marine Conservation Program <http://rjd.miami.edu/> [image: RJD] *e: *[email protected] | *p: *412.915.2309 *a: *4600 Rickenbacker Cswy, Miami, Florida, 33149 *t: *@WhySharksMatter <http://twitter.com/#!/WhySharksMatter> | *b: *Southern Fried Science Blog <http://www.southernfriedscience.com/>
