links for 2009-12-23

Heh.

"A proposed author ID system is gaining widespread support, and could help lay the foundation for an academic-reward system less heavily tied to publications and citations."

Whoa. This is timely, considering some of the negative thoughts of the business of science I've been having for quite some time (more on that later). This is great news, but I'm concerned that Thomspon-Reuters is behind it.