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The Demise of the Impact Factor.- Historically, papers have been physically bound to the journal in which they were published but in the electronic age papers are available individually, no longer tied to their respective journals. Hence, papers now can be read and cited based on their own merits, independently of the journal’s physical availability, reputation, or Impact Factor. This should bring an end to the use of the Impact Factor as a way to evaluate the quality of journals, papers and researchers.

Editorial Board Member.- I am a member of the editorial board of Hypotheses in the Life Sciences and the International Journal of Zoology. Hypotheses in the Life Sciences was created in response to the demise (of sorts) of  Medical Hypotheses and it has kept the original editorial policies, but is using a group of editors instead of just one person. It publishes "idea" papers, as long as the ideas are scientifically sound. International Journal of Zoology publishes work from all areas of zoology, and it seems to be leaning towards ecology. Both are Open Access. Check them out.

Impact Per Dollar.- Granting agencies ought to use the concept of cost-effective impact as an evaluating criterion for awarding research grants. It would be a better and more effective use of our money.

Evolutionary Medicine.- A short paper on evolutionary medicine. It started as a reply to a critique, a critique that was obviously based on a misunderstanding of the differences between ultimate and proximate hypotheses, but I took the high road (mostly) and opted to try to illuminate instead.

Sexually Selected Emotions.- I have had this idea for a while; BBS proved a good venue to put it out there. I proposes emotivity, or the lack thereof, might a way for females to advertise their youth, and for males to advertise their maturity. You might also like the other commentaries, and try to read the target article.

Multiple signals in mate choice.-  A paper suggesting that, like many other morphological and behavioural adaptations, sexual signals might initially evolve to actually interfere with the process of female mate choice. I do not know why or how, but the paper is featured at a UN site?! (link).