EPISODE · Mar 17, 2019 · 51 MIN
80: Cites are not endorsements (with Sean Rife)
from Everything Hertz · host Dan Quintana
We chat with Sean Rife, who the co-founder of scite.ai, a start-up that combines natural language processing with a network of experts to evaluate the veracity of scientific work. Here's what we cover and links for a few things we mention What is scite.ai? The Winnower Why is there no good (and free) plagiarism detector? Grobid - A machine learning library for extracting, parsing and re-structuring PDFs Meta-analysis can prop up flawed bodies of literature The "Too meta" XKCD cartoon What’s the end game for scite? The 80,000 hours game Spooner, a utility that allows authors of scientific publications to make their work available to the general public (probably) without violating publishing agreements Other links [Sean on twitter](www.twitter.com/seanrife) [Dan on twitter](www.twitter.com/dsquintana) [James on twitter](www.twitter.com/jamesheathers) [Everything Hertz on twitter](www.twitter.com/hertzpodcast) [Everything Hertz on Facebook](www.facebook.com/everythinghertzpodcast/) Music credits: [Lee Rosevere](freemusicarchive.org/music/Lee_Rosevere/) Support us on Patreon and get bonus stuff! $1 a month or more: Monthly newsletter + Access to behind-the-scenes photos & video via the Patreon app + the the warm feeling you're supporting the show $5 a month or more: All the stuff you get in the $1 tier PLUS a bonus mini episode every month (extras + the bits we couldn't include in our regular episodes) Episode citation and permanent link Quintana, D.S., Heathers, J.A.J. (Hosts). (2019, March 18) "Cites are not endorsements", Everything Hertz [Audio podcast], doi: 10.17605/OSF.IO/Q9EYGSpecial Guest: Sean Rife.
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We chat with Sean Rife, who the co-founder of scite.ai, a start-up that combines natural language processing with a network of experts to evaluate the veracity of scientific work. Here's what we cover and links for a few things we mention What is scite.ai? The Winnower Why is there no good (and free) plagiarism detector? Grobid - A machine learning library for extracting, parsing and re-structuring PDFs Meta-analysis can prop up flawed bodies of literature The "Too meta" XKCD cartoon What’s the end game for scite? The 80,000 hours game Spooner, a utility that allows authors of scientific publications to make their work available to the general public (probably) without violating publishing agreements Other links [Sean on twitter](www.twitter.com/seanrife) [Dan on twitter](www.twitter.com/dsquintana) [James on twitter](www.twitter.com/jamesheathers) [Everything Hertz on twitter](www.twitter.com/hertzpodcast) [Everything Hertz on Facebook](www.facebook.com/everythinghertzpodcast/) Music credits: [Lee Rosevere](freemusicarchive.org/music/Lee_Rosevere/) Support us on Patreon and get bonus stuff! $1 a month or more: Monthly newsletter + Access to behind-the-scenes photos & video via the Patreon app + the the warm feeling you're supporting the show $5 a month or more: All the stuff you get in the $1 tier PLUS a bonus mini episode every month (extras + the bits we couldn't include in our regular episodes) Episode citation and permanent link Quintana, D.S., Heathers, J.A.J. (Hosts). (2019, March 18) "Cites are not endorsements", Everything Hertz [Audio podcast], doi: 10.17605/OSF.IO/Q9EYGSpecial Guest: Sean Rife.Support Everything Hertz
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