This 2017 letter in Nature makes a simple but important point. When you multiple a researcher's hourly rate by the hours they spend reformatting papers (when reviewers don't actually care about precise format), large amounts of public $$$$ are wasted. htt
Reformatting wastes public funds https://t.co/Pz9Efx5qGK
Wastage of productive time on formatting the article is saddening https://t.co/P8dGvBs7RN
Publishing: Reformatting wastes public funds https://t.co/fNMtELDM3r
RT @isciencebox: Publishing: Reformatting wastes public funds https://t.co/E6nYN8Kt3X
@NeilLewisJr And therefore tax payers' $$$ https://t.co/xycHMAoFjF
Publishing: Reformatting wastes public funds https://t.co/E6nYN8Kt3X
RT @kyletsp: Publishing: Reformatting Wastes Public Funds: (without any apparent gain for science or society) https://t.co/h00FdoaTdE ht…
This is a pet hate for our research portfolio manager @JLDarbyshire ! Reformatting wastes public funds: https://t.co/EnNitWDQje
RT @kyletsp: Publishing: Reformatting Wastes Public Funds: (without any apparent gain for science or society) https://t.co/h00FdoaTdE ht…
This is such a good idea... https://t.co/aMoyyG60dH
RT @kyletsp: Publishing: Reformatting Wastes Public Funds: (without any apparent gain for science or society) https://t.co/h00FdoaTdE ht…
RT @kyletsp: Publishing: Reformatting Wastes Public Funds: (without any apparent gain for science or society) https://t.co/h00FdoaTdE ht…
Publishing: Reformatting Wastes Public Funds: (without any apparent gain for science or society) https://t.co/h00FdoaTdE https://t.co/BiuPbnIXJI
RT @ProfTomCrick: Wow...YES! https://t.co/dRfIDXF4Rq
RT @sarahpressman: Omg yes. https://t.co/51xXhVGOEL
RT @DunningHotopp: Publishing: Reformatting wastes public funds https://t.co/q8KzKd5aq0. Hopefully this is the first step in rectifying th…
RT @Viruses_R_Us: One of the reasons I enjoyed @eLife submission process. Though I was so used to explicit formatting requirements it was j…
Publishing: Reformatting wastes public funds https://t.co/q8KzKd5aq0. Hopefully this is the first step in rectifying the problem...
RT @AHHuangLab: whole-hearted agreement! https://t.co/iW63q8eb0b
I see this as yet another reason to strongly push for LaTeX in academia, starting with all journals providing templates. https://t.co/84KaYcQMHw
RT @AHHuangLab: whole-hearted agreement! https://t.co/iW63q8eb0b
RT @SClaramuntUY: Completely agree. Journal should abandon requesting specific formats and styles for first submissions. https://t.co/1NGB3…
RT @drboothroyd: Reformatting a paper can take all day. https://t.co/3WcTyi9YU1
whole-hearted agreement! https://t.co/iW63q8eb0b
Very true!! No need for e act formatting on initial submission and good to see some journals moving away from this! https://t.co/MbW1pnaftg
Never heard before nothing which makes more sense https://t.co/vgArzHDBRM
RT @SClaramuntUY: Completely agree. Journal should abandon requesting specific formats and styles for first submissions. https://t.co/1NGB3…
RT @NorrisLab: Reformatting wastes public funds! https://t.co/g7gXt4tG5E
RT @SClaramuntUY: Completely agree. Journal should abandon requesting specific formats and styles for first submissions. https://t.co/1NGB3…
RT @SClaramuntUY: Completely agree. Journal should abandon requesting specific formats and styles for first submissions. https://t.co/1NGB3…
RT @SClaramuntUY: Completely agree. Journal should abandon requesting specific formats and styles for first submissions. https://t.co/1NGB3…
Completely agree. Journal should abandon requesting specific formats and styles for first submissions. https://t.co/1NGB3kujnC
@TeMilitao don't you agree? https://t.co/5udOQkgV6v
Reformatting for resubmission is waste, I agree. (Formatting itself it NOT.) https://t.co/a8S8BjUC1z
One of the reasons I enjoyed @eLife submission process. Though I was so used to explicit formatting requirements it was jarring having none. https://t.co/dIfb7Fi8mm
RT @NorrisLab: Reformatting wastes public funds! https://t.co/g7gXt4tG5E
RT @NorrisLab: Reformatting wastes public funds! https://t.co/g7gXt4tG5E
RT @OxonAndrew: Yes! One of my soapboxes! The broken journal submission system! https://t.co/tXROVlQind
RT @RoninInstitute: Spending 1 hour to reformat a paper for submission amounts to "10,000 scientist-hours over just one year" https://t.co/…
RT @RoninInstitute: Spending 1 hour to reformat a paper for submission amounts to "10,000 scientist-hours over just one year" https://t.co/…
RT @OxonAndrew: Yes! One of my soapboxes! The broken journal submission system! https://t.co/tXROVlQind
Reformatting wastes public funds! https://t.co/g7gXt4tG5E
It takes (wastes) much more than "an hour or so" to re-format. https://t.co/6DGWnQntMz
RT @OxonAndrew: Yes! One of my soapboxes! The broken journal submission system! https://t.co/tXROVlQind
Yes! One of my soapboxes! The broken journal submission system! https://t.co/tXROVlQind
Indeed, but far more than 1 hour to reformat... https://t.co/syOxuYXqn7
RT @nsfaber: THIS! #Publishing: Forcing #researchers to reformat #papers before submission wastes public funds. https://t.co/lZ2yv1hW6z HT…
Reformatting a paper can take all day. https://t.co/3WcTyi9YU1
RT @StephenEglen: Julian Budd makes simple point clearly: let's not waste time reformatting our papers on first submission. https://t.co/sl…
RT @ProfTomCrick: Wow...YES! https://t.co/dRfIDXF4Rq
Spending 1 hour to reformat a paper for submission amounts to "10,000 scientist-hours over just one year" https://t.co/o0PebMzZ3E
Yep! Totally wasteful & ridiculous to be in 2017 and spending time on reformatting things like refs, just reinforces gatekeeper mentality https://t.co/6XquUHEbOS
Reformatting wastes public funds: https://t.co/cIYTEpzmL4
Publishing: Reformatting wastes public funds https://t.co/K6LeRDdC2J
RT @sarahpressman: Omg yes. https://t.co/51xXhVGOEL
RT @ProfTomCrick: Wow...YES! https://t.co/dRfIDXF4Rq
RT @ProfTomCrick: Wow...YES! https://t.co/dRfIDXF4Rq
RT @ProfTomCrick: Wow...YES! https://t.co/dRfIDXF4Rq
Wow...YES! https://t.co/dRfIDXF4Rq
yes! Who cares about the window dressing? massive pain in the butt for papers with multiple submissions #busywork https://t.co/74mN1pvjy4
Maybe it's really editorial rejection that wastes public money. https://t.co/6GAyraK4hd
Make them plain HTML. My Greasemonkey will do the rest. https://t.co/PhTiJO1Gpm
RT @sarahpressman: Omg yes. https://t.co/51xXhVGOEL
RT @sarahpressman: Omg yes. https://t.co/51xXhVGOEL
Omg yes. https://t.co/51xXhVGOEL
RT @MolSystBiol: Very valid point about the waste caused by reformatting: @nature https://t.co/2cR12CP4LE Hence @EMBOPress no reformatting…
RT @MolSystBiol: Very valid point about the waste caused by reformatting: @nature https://t.co/2cR12CP4LE Hence @EMBOPress no reformatting…
RT @Magda_Skipper: Publishing: Reformatting wastes public funds | a correspondence in @nature https://t.co/G8K5jF2HB6
RT @Magda_Skipper: Publishing: Reformatting wastes public funds | a correspondence in @nature https://t.co/G8K5jF2HB6
RT @NancyRGough: You don't need to reformat @scisignal either! https://t.co/k6K24HH5zp
RT @gcabanac: “Publishing: Reformatting wastes public funds” (Budd, 2017 in @nature) #scicom https://t.co/oC3V1RCBu3 https://t.co/PNCLn1nFnl
RT @Magda_Skipper: Publishing: Reformatting wastes public funds | a correspondence in @nature https://t.co/G8K5jF2HB6
Wonder when all #publishers #NIH #NSF etc shall agree on ONE FORMAT STYLE for all scientific manuscripts! Focus on #science, NOT #fonts! : ( https://t.co/pazpeK9VVw
RT @Magda_Skipper: Publishing: Reformatting wastes public funds | a correspondence in @nature https://t.co/G8K5jF2HB6
Love it! Long due https://t.co/v0k17CKIJ1
RT @Magda_Skipper: Publishing: Reformatting wastes public funds | a correspondence in @nature https://t.co/G8K5jF2HB6
Publishing: Reformatting wastes public funds | a correspondence in @nature https://t.co/G8K5jF2HB6
RT @NancyRGough: You don't need to reformat @scisignal either! https://t.co/k6K24HH5zp
You don't need to reformat @scisignal either! https://t.co/k6K24HH5zp
Publishing: Reformatting wastes public funds https://t.co/cTE9y4aDF1
RT @MolSystBiol: Very valid point about the waste caused by reformatting: @nature https://t.co/2cR12CP4LE Hence @EMBOPress no reformatting…
RT @MolSystBiol: Very valid point about the waste caused by reformatting: @nature https://t.co/2cR12CP4LE Hence @EMBOPress no reformatting…
Very valid point about the waste caused by reformatting: @nature https://t.co/2cR12CP4LE Hence @EMBOPress no reformatting policy :-) https://t.co/VgOocnw9Ku
RT @gcabanac: “Publishing: Reformatting wastes public funds” (Budd, 2017 in @nature) #scicom https://t.co/oC3V1RCBu3 https://t.co/PNCLn1nFnl
Depends what is meant by ´reformatting' but I would think it usually takes much more than an hour to prepare new submission https://t.co/YSZo8k4Scb
RT @gcabanac: “Publishing: Reformatting wastes public funds” (Budd, 2017 in @nature) #scicom https://t.co/oC3V1RCBu3 https://t.co/PNCLn1nFnl
A little bit of pandoc might go a long way... https://t.co/ykPMrALvkH
RT @gcabanac: “Publishing: Reformatting wastes public funds” (Budd, 2017 in @nature) #scicom https://t.co/oC3V1RCBu3 https://t.co/PNCLn1nFnl
RT @gcabanac: “Publishing: Reformatting wastes public funds” (Budd, 2017 in @nature) #scicom https://t.co/oC3V1RCBu3 https://t.co/PNCLn1nFnl
RT @gcabanac: “Publishing: Reformatting wastes public funds” (Budd, 2017 in @nature) #scicom https://t.co/oC3V1RCBu3 https://t.co/PNCLn1nFnl
“Publishing: Reformatting wastes public funds” (Budd, 2017 in @nature) #scicom https://t.co/oC3V1RCBu3 https://t.co/PNCLn1nFnl
RT @briandavidearp: Publishing: Reformatting wastes public funds : Nature : Nature Research https://t.co/HcMNeh4QPO https://t.co/gKJUf9GRnK
RT @briandavidearp: Publishing: Reformatting wastes public funds : Nature : Nature Research https://t.co/HcMNeh4QPO https://t.co/gKJUf9GRnK
RT @briandavidearp: Publishing: Reformatting wastes public funds : Nature : Nature Research https://t.co/HcMNeh4QPO https://t.co/gKJUf9GRnK
Publishing: Reformatting wastes public funds : Nature : Nature Research https://t.co/HcMNeh4QPO https://t.co/gKJUf9GRnK
@ASCEPublishing req minimal formatting and no source files at first submission. Submit a PDF, LaTex or word file and you are on your way. https://t.co/vDK8xNdE24
RT @rewardalliance: Reformatting submissions is a waste of time, therefore funds sez Julian Budd @NatureNews https://t.co/nbBzRPYPb3
Reformatting submissions is a waste of time, therefore funds sez Julian Budd @NatureNews https://t.co/nbBzRPYPb3
D-uh. For starters, why can't we have a uniform referencing format? Like what is even the point? https://t.co/GUqi09C9Ll