Tag Archives: journals

The Prediction Market Journal is dead.

Posted on December 17, 2009 by Chris F. Masse

Or so it seems. It was a third-tier journal, run by a bunch of people who exaggerated the predictive power of the prediction markets —and read by nobody other than those who published in it. It had to die. Midas … Continue reading →

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Why Midas Oracle is opinionated: A vision based on false hypotheses is better than a lack of vision.

Posted on August 8, 2009 by Chris F. Masse

Who makes a good editor? When Paul Milgrom recommended me to replace him as a co-editor of the American Economic Review, a post I held over nine years, one of the attributes he gave as a justification for the recommendation … Continue reading →

Posted in Journalism, Midas Oracle Administration, Prediction Journalism, Psychology, Research | Tagged CFM, Edifying Editing, journal editing, journal editors, journals, Midas Oracle, opinion, opinionated bloggers, opinionated editors, opinionated journalists, opinionated writers, Preston McAfee, R. Preston McAfee | Leave a comment

David Pennock colleague’s confession as journal editor

Posted on August 5, 2009 by Chris F. Masse

Iâ€™ve spent a considerable amount of time as an editor. Iâ€™ve rejected about 2,500 papers, and accepted 200. No one likes a rejection and less than 1% consider it justified. Fortunately, there is some duplication across authors, so I have … Continue reading →

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Unlike every other academic field, computer science uses conferences rather than journals as the main publication venue.

Posted on August 4, 2009 by Chris F. Masse

Lance Fortnow: While this made sense for a young discipline, our field has matured and the conference model has fractured the discipline and skewered it toward short-term, deadline-driven research. Computer science should refocus the conference system on its primary purpose … Continue reading →

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Scientific journal asks article authors to write up a Wikipedia webpage as part of the submission process.

Posted on December 19, 2008 by Chris F. Masse

Interesting.

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