China Creating National Medical Ethics Body to Oversee Clinical Trials
The technologies that will be regulated by the ethics committee are often new and are deemed risky either because of safety or moral concerns.
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Scott Gottlieb's Sudden Resignation Will Give Biotech a Panic Attack - STAT
Scott Gottlieb's Sudden Resignation Will Give Biotech a Panic Attack - STAT
With Gottlieb on his way out, many will recall the other frontrunners before he got the job who were eager to dismantle the FDA oversight process.
The Real Cost of Knowledge
The University of California has broken with one of the world's largest academic publishers. Is this the end of a very profitable business model?
Huge US University Cancels Subscription with Elsevier
University of California and Dutch publisher fail to strike deal that would allow researchers to publish under open-access terms.
Data Sharing: Better for Everyone, Especially You!! | PLOS Biologue
Happy Open Data Day 2019! It's that special day of the year again! Well, every day should be Open Data Day, but today lots of motivated folk come together around the world to remind us all why Open Data, Open Science, and sharing of data and science in general is better for everyone. Better for reuse, better for tracking public money flows, better for open mapping and development, and also, lest we lost sight, better for the researcher who produced the data! Why better for the researchers who generated the data? Better because the value add from sharing is multifold. Others can reuse and reanalyse your data. If you've placed the data in a repository with a persistent identifier, you'll get attributed when they are reused and you can get credit for this - and even citations. What may not be immediately obvious is that taking a little bit of time to ensure your data are 'sharable' is good practise that ensures that when you want to use
Big Pharma is Embracing Open-Access Publishing Like Never Before
Big Pharma is Embracing Open-Access Publishing Like Never Before
The proportion of open-access publications with authors from the pharmaceutical industry doubled between 2009 and 2016.
Embracing Failure As an Intrinsic Part of Science
When we reject failure, we create a culture of punishment, artificial rewards, and scientific bias. There are people running analyses and experiments right now which others will have undoubtedly done before, but just not communicated their results.
OpenCitations - CROCI
CROCI, the Crowdsourced Open Citations Index, is a new OpenCitations Index containing citations deposited by individuals, identified by ORCiD identifiers, who have a legal right to publish them under a CC0 public domain waiver.
How Publishers Keep Fooling Academics
Time and time again, academic publishers have managed to create the impression that publishing incurs a lot of costs which justify the outrageous prices they charge, even though it is well established that the cost of making an article public with all the bells and whistles that come with an academic article is between US$/€200-500.
University of California Boycotts Publishing Giant Elsevier over Journal Costs and Open Access
University of California Boycotts Publishing Giant Elsevier over Journal Costs and Open Access
The move could aid a global movement for immediate free access to scientific articles.
The Costs of Academic Publishing Are Absurd. The University of California is Fighting Back.
The Costs of Academic Publishing Are Absurd. The University of California is Fighting Back.
The UC system, the largest public academic system in the US, just dropped its $10 million-a-year subscription to the world's largest publisher of academic journals.
UC Terminates Subscriptions with World's Largest Scientific Publisher in Push for Open Access to Publicly Funded Research
UC Terminates Subscriptions with World's Largest Scientific Publisher in Push for Open Access to Publicly Funded Research
As a leader in the global movement toward open access to publicly funded research, the University of California is taking a firm stand by deciding not to renew its subscriptions with Elsevier. Despite months of contract negotiations, Elsevier was unwilling to meet UC's key goal: securing universal open access to UC research while containing the rapidly escalating costs associated with for-profit journals.
Swiss University System Climbs to Third in Global Study
Thanks largely to the strong performance of ETH Zurich, the Swiss university system has entered the top three globally in the latest QS rankings.
Springer Nature Syndicates Content to ResearchGate
A pilot project representing the first significant experiment with the syndication of publisher content to a content supercontinent.
The Plan S Footprint: Implications for the scholarly publishing landscape
The Plan S Footprint: Implications for the scholarly publishing landscape
Implications for the scholarly publishing landscape
Paul Nurse on Brexit: 'UK is Sleepwalking into a Disaster'
As departure day approaches, chief of top UK lab says he fears science will drop off the government's agenda.
Why UC Split with Publishing Giant Elsevier
University Librarian and Professor Jeffrey MacKie-Mason talks about why UC split with the academic publisher.
Special Task Force to Lead New European Innovation Council
In creating a new innovation council, the European Commission is experimenting not just in policy but also in management.
Guidelines for Open Peer Review Implementation
Open peer review (OPR) is moving into the mainstream, but it is often poorly understood and surveys of researcher attitudes show important barriers to implementation. There is a clear need for best practice guidelines for implementation.
Open Access Escape Room: The Key to OA Engagement?
The Open Access Escape Room resulted in great engagement from students, academic staff and professional services staff, some of whom reported that they never knew how relevant OA was for them. It increased engagement and provided a positive environment for conversations around OA.
How Some Men Are Challenging Gender Inequity in the Lab
Six male researchers describe their efforts to support their female colleagues.
This Celebrity Cat Has Broken the Internet. Now, We Have Its Genome
Scientists now know more about what makes Lil Bub such a unique feline.
The Inflation of Science Diplomacy
The concept of science diplomacy has gained enormous traction over the past decade, though in itself it is of older origin.
US Science Agencies Fare Well Under Tardy Budget
Funding cuts proposed by the White House are reversed in a budget that is over four months late.
Fighting Fake Science: Barriers and Solutions
This webinar is brought to you by the Science/AAAS Custom Publishing Office
Plan S - Positive Action Combined with Positive Thinking Delivers Success
Plan S - Positive Action Combined with Positive Thinking Delivers Success
League of European Research Universities (LERU) members offer 10 Recommendations which, once adopted, would make Plan S a bold blueprint in universities for a radical change to current publishing practice.
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