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Icons for peer-reviewed blogging

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The above are icons to be used when blogging on actual peer-reviewed research (as opposed to popular reports or kookery). I had a marginal involvement in this (I made some passing comments early on) so it is with great pride… no, actually, it’s all down to Dave Munger, who was a champion. I had nothing useful to do with it.

Here’s what Dave said:

We’re pleased to announce that BPR3‘s Blogging on Peer Reviewed Research icons are now ready to go! Anyone can use these icons to show when they’re making a serious post about peer-reviewed research, rather than just linking to a news article or press release.

Within a month, these blog posts will also be aggregated at BPR3.org, so everyone can go to one place to locate the most serious, thoughtful analysis and commentary on the web.

I encourage science bloggers to use this wisely, to identify a blog about actual reviewed papers. I guess it also applies to us humanities types too.

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Comments (6)

  3. Thanks for your help John. We’ve appreciated your support.
    And, as you point out, the icon can indeed be used by “humanities types” — it’s something I’ve insisted on from the beginning. It’s about blogging based on *research*, not just science research.

  4. Okay, I was under the impression that this particular piece by Ruse was more of an editorial than a peer-reviewed article.
    But, I have never been a philosophy student, so it is hard for me to tell the difference.

  5. I know this because I am a coauthor on one of the articles, and my revisions have been subjected to peer review. Maybe Ruse’s contributions aren’t, but as I understand it, the entire publication is.

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