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cowplot R package now available on CRAN

It's the first time I've published an R package on CRAN.

Beyond bar and line graphs

A new paper argues that scientists need to improve their data visualization skills.

PLOS ONE publishes analysis of grant writing costs and benefits

If you write more grants you will get more funding.

Teaching a new introductory class in computational biology and bioinformatics

Undergraduates will learn basic data wrangling, plotting, and programming with R and python.

What constitutes a citable scientific work?

A paper does not have to be peer-reviewed to be citable.

Post-publication review of the PLOS ONE paper comparing MS Word and LaTeX: How not to compare document preparation

It doesn't make sense to compare a text editor to a file format.

Perfectly smooth transition between fixed and variable positioning of HTML elements using CSS and Javascript

A little excursion into CSS and Javascript.

How to prepare an article for resubmission, Part II

You don't want the reviewers to even read your revised manuscript.

Relationship between h index and total citations count

For most scientists, the h index is approximately half times the square root of the total number of citations.

How Google Scholar discourages young scientists from posting preprints

Junior scientists may suffer career consequences from the Google Scholar preprint bug.