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Confused by Open-access Policies? These Tools Can Help
Emerging software helps funding agencies and scientists to ensure that research follows the rules.
Preprint Review Should Form Part of PhD Programmes and Postdoc Training
Preprint Review Should Form Part of PhD Programmes and Postdoc Training
Institutions owe it to young researchers to prepare them for careers outside academia. Preprint review is a perfect opportunity.
ChatGPT Listed As Author on Research Papers: Many Scientists Disapprove
ChatGPT Listed As Author on Research Papers: Many Scientists Disapprove
At least four articles credit the AI tool as a co-author, as publishers scramble to regulate its use.
The Swiss Education System Explained
Ever wondered how the Swiss education system works? Then this graphic is for you.
New Global Body Aims to Improve Biosecurity and Biosafety
New Global Body Aims to Improve Biosecurity and Biosafety
A new global organisation is trying to prevent dramatic advances in bioscience from unleashing engineered pathogens from the lab, and wants research funders, scientists and journals to help. The International Biosecurity and Biosafety Initiative for Science (IBBIS) warns that scientists might be able to order the DNA of dangerous pathogens like smallpox from unregulated companies, and wants much tighter screening of the industry.
PhD Training is No Longer Fit for Purpose - It Needs Reform Now
PhD Training is No Longer Fit for Purpose - It Needs Reform Now
If researchers are to meet society's expectations, their training and mentoring must escape the nineteenth century.
Data Foundation Calls for Better Control of Biometrics in Policing
President Joe Biden wants Congress to establish clear rules for biometric data policies and tools used in criminal investigations.
Brussels Kicks off Push to Improve Working Conditions and Career Paths for Young Researchers Across Europe
Brussels Kicks off Push to Improve Working Conditions and Career Paths for Young Researchers Across Europe
The EU is to pilot a new initiative that aims to improve working conditions for young researchers, starting in 2024. The pilot will test how the European Commission, member states and industry could work together to coordinate financing and knowledge networks and strengthen and diversify research career paths by promoting links between academia and industry.
Ten Reasons Why Research Collaborations Succeed - A Random Forest Approach
Ten Reasons Why Research Collaborations Succeed - A Random Forest Approach
Based on the state of research in the Science of Team Science, the question of which intra- and interpersonal factors are most significant for the success of a research team is investigated.
ChatGPT Makes Literary Debut, It's Now a Published Author
Preceding all others, a peer-reviewed paper titled 'Open artificial intelligence platforms in nursing education: Tools for academic progress or abuse?' was recently published by Siobhan O'Connor, Senior Lecturer at the School of Health Sciences and an Adjunct Associate Professor at Western University.
Inside Effective Altruism's Plan to Stop Science Killing Us All
Inside Effective Altruism's Plan to Stop Science Killing Us All
Effective Altruism (EA), a movement of rationalist do-gooders that has been growing in size and influence for just over a decade, hit the headlines worldwide in 2022 - although not quite as its supporters hoped.
Researchers Engaging with Policy Should Take into Account Policymakers' Varied Perceptions of Evidence
Researchers Engaging with Policy Should Take into Account Policymakers' Varied Perceptions of Evidence
This post highlights four different approaches to evidence in policymaking and suggest how researchers and policy organisations might use these findings to engage differently with policy
Why NASA and Federal Agencies Are Declaring This the Year of Open Science
Why NASA and Federal Agencies Are Declaring This the Year of Open Science
Here's how NASA is incentivizing open science, and how you can too.
Manifesto for Early Career Researchers
The Manifesto for Early Career Researchers calls for increasing the recognition of the research activity and fostering diversified research careers at a European level.
European Research Leaders Shocked at Swiss Expulsion from European Research Infrastructure Body
European Research Leaders Shocked at Swiss Expulsion from European Research Infrastructure Body
European research leaders have reacted with disappointment to Switzerland's expulsion from the body that coordinates scientific infrastructure across the continent.
Is Development an Art or a Science?
Reflecting on nearly twenty years of transdisciplinary practice and research and the recent publication of their new book, New Mediums, Better Messages? How Innovations in Translation, Engagement, and Advocacy are Changing International Development, this article considers how the role of popular and vernacular knowledge is essential to international development.
American postdoctoral salaries do not account for growing disparities in cost of living
American postdoctoral salaries do not account for growing disparities in cost of living
The NIH sets postdoctoral trainee stipend levels that many institutions use as a basis for postdoc salaries - but while salary standards are held constant across universities, the cost of living in those universities’ cities and towns vary widely.
Mistakes Happen in Research Papers. But Corrections Often Don't
A culture of fear around corrections and retractions is hampering efforts to maintain the integrity of scientific research.
China Now Publishes More High-quality Science Than Any Other Nation - Should the US Be Worried?
China Now Publishes More High-quality Science Than Any Other Nation - Should the US Be Worried?
In 2014, Chinese researchers published more papers than any other country for the first time. In 2019, China overtook the U.S. as the No. 1 publisher of the most influential papers.
German Universities Still Wary of EU Push to Reform Research Assessment
German Universities Still Wary of EU Push to Reform Research Assessment
The European Commission is making a big push to reform research assessment, but Germany's university leaders are not convinced the call for change from above is the right way to deliver it.
We Asked GPT-3 to Write an Academic Paper About Itself - Then We Tried to Get It Published
We Asked GPT-3 to Write an Academic Paper About Itself - Then We Tried to Get It Published
An artificially intelligent first author presents many ethical questions—and could upend the publishing process.
Unearned Authorship Pervades Science
Research-integrity survey also suggests that there is a split in US- and Europe-based researchers' perceptions of 'questionable research practices'.
Swiss Science Group Wants 'Pragmatic' Solution for EU Cooperation
Switzerland has lost an important tool for shaping the European science agenda, complains a high-level research group.
New Science Jargon for the New Year
If only there was a list of words all scientists can share—words that will baffle outsiders unfamiliar with the pressures we face, but that every scientist will understand. This article proposes, in alphabetical order, some that you might find useful.
'Disruptive' Science Has Declined - and No One Knows Why
The proportion of publications that send a field in a new direction has plummeted over the last half-century.
Escaping Darwin's Shadow: How Alfred Russel Wallace Inspires Indigenous Researchers
Escaping Darwin's Shadow: How Alfred Russel Wallace Inspires Indigenous Researchers
Wallace, who independently discovered the theory of evolution, relied on local knowledge to craft his seminal work on species ranges in the Amazon. Now, the region's Indigenous scientists have taken charge of their research using this and other cross-cultural tools.