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NL888 Posted 13 years ago
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Does "it happens" mean "the scholarship happens"? If so, still fail to understand it

Context:
Scholarship: Beyond the paper
The journal and article are being superseded by algorithms that filter, rate and disseminate scholarship as it happens, argues Jason Priem.

More:
http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v495/n7442/full/495437a.html
  

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NL888 Does "it happens" mean "the scholarship happens"? Yes. It is explained most clearly near the end of the article: Conversations, data collection, analysis and description will be born published.

— Mister Micawber

  • NL888 Does "it happens" mean "the scholarship happens"?
  • Yes.
  • It is explained most clearly near the end of the article: Conversations, data collection, analysis and description will be born published.
  • Many researchers are already practising this 'open-notebook science'.
  • For instance, population biologist Carl Boettiger describes his day's research and provides in-progress code, analysis and writing, and chemist Jean-Claude Bradley's lab at Drexel University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, publishes its entire output in near-real time.
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NL888Does "it happens" mean "the scholarship happens"?
Yes. It is explained most clearly near the end of the article:

Conversations, data collection, analysis and description will be born published. Many researchers are already practising this 'open-notebook science'. For instance, population biologist Carl Boettiger describes his day's research a
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