A Journal Is Not a Data Dump
Connotea Imports 2012-07-31
Summary:
" “Enough is enough,” writes Christine Borowski, in a July 4th editorial published in the Journal of Experimental Medicine (JEM).
Borowski, the Executive Editor of JEM states that, effective immediately, only “essential” supplementary tables and figures will be accepted for publication....Last summer, the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Neuroscience announced that it would no longer publish supplemental files, citing similar rationale. However, drawing the line on what kind of supplements were important enough for inclusion made enforcement impractical...."