How many journal articles have been published (ever)?:
http://duncan.hull.name/2010/07/15/fifty-million/
Improving the Dialogue with Society on Scientific Issues
http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/18/37/42887346.pdf
NOTE: I found that one at Knowtex, a French social network for scientists that I really like so far.
Update: Predatory Open-Access Scholarly Publishers
http://charleston.publisher.ingentaconnect.com/content/charleston/chadv/2010/00000012/00000001/art00020
NOTE: Don’t be fooled by the broken image links – this one is worth attention and worth the download.
OpenBioMed (blog):
http://openbiomed.info/
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