Here's to a world where a researcher who hasn't won a Nobel prize can do the same to journals that manipulate impact factor without regard for the consequences to science!
Indeed. It's a step forward, sure, but it's easy if you have papers in Cell, Nature and Science (which he does) and a Nobel to say "Yeah, nuts to this".
I'd be much more impressed by a public stance defending young tenure track faculty making a commitment to open access.
Easy or not, this kind of statements from big names is exactly what is needed to solve the problem. If I say this kind of things (as a young researcher with a modest track record) no one will listen to me. If every Nobel prize winner said this kind of things, maybe the politicians who set the evaluation criteria for grants and tenure (yes, often their are scientists, but they are doing politics) would be forced to change things.
Bravo sir. Bravo.
Here's to a world where a researcher who hasn't won a Nobel prize can do the same to journals that manipulate impact factor without regard for the consequences to science!