The Emotional Toll of Graduate School
Mental health disorders and depression are far more likely for grad students than they are for the average American.
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Request for Feedback on Grant Identifier Metadata
We first announced plans to investigate identifiers for grants in 2017 and are almost ready to violate the first rule of grant identifiers which is “they probably should not be called grant identifiers”.
OASPA Feedback on Plan S Implementation Guidance
As a community of 140 organisations who are committed to the advancement of open access publishing and who represent the majority of the of the OA journal output in the DOAJ*, OASPA is of course very supportive of the intentions of Plan S, as we commented previously at the beginning of October.
We Need to Talk About Fraud in Science
Unlike most faulty research practices, fraud actively evades detection. It is also overlooked because the scientific community has been unwilling to have frank and open discussions about it.
2019 EUA Workshop on Research Assessment in the Transition to Open Science
2019 EUA Workshop on Research Assessment in the Transition to Open Science
EUA is organising a series of workshops raising awareness and fostering discussion on research assessment reform. The 2019 edition will focus on research evaluation for the purpose of recruitment and career progression of researchers.
Q&A Adam Russell: The Search for Automated Tools to Rate Research Reproducibility
Q&A Adam Russell: The Search for Automated Tools to Rate Research Reproducibility
A US project is exploring the use of software to assign confidence levels to published research.
Advancing Women in Science, Medicine, and Global Health
Selected content, organised by theme and published across the Lancet family of journals, on issues related to gender equity and the advancement of women in science, medicine, and global health.
Can Machines Determine the Credibility of Research Claims?
The Center for Open Science (COS) has been selected to participate in DARPA’s new program Systematizing Confidence in Open Research and Evidence (SCORE).
Thousands of Scientists Run Up Against Elsevier's Paywall
Researchers have been left without access to new papers as libraries and the major publisher fail to agree on subscription deals.
Feedback to Coalition S on Plan S Implementation Guidelines
An argument that Coalition members should favour, both in words and via their spending decisions, community-controlled, no-author-fee journals over commercially owned journals charging APCs, in order to give due consideration to the non-commercial elements of the scholarly publishing ecosystem.
U.Va. report: Med students believe black people feel less pain than whites
New research is out that could help explain why African Americans are often undertreated for pain, as various studies have shown.
Plan S and Open Access in Latin America
Open Access publishing is more widespread in Latin America than in any other region of the world, and continues to grow. We sat down with CLACSO's Open Access Advisor Dominique Babini to find out why.
Norway Urges Students to Avoid UK Universities in Brexit Warning
Higher education minister says Norwegians should study in countries other than Britain.
Europe PMC's Response to the Implementation Guidance of Plan S
Europe PMC’s mission to support innovation based on open access content is well aligned with the fundamental principles of Plan S.
DIY Open Science Training
Take our training materials, build on our training format and organize your train-the-trainer event!
A New EPFL Fund Rewards Nine Open Science Ideas
The first call for proposal for the EPFL Open Science Fund attracted nearly 50 propositions. Nine projects were selected and will receive support to develop ideas fostering open and reproducible research on campus, and beyond.
Open Access Working Group: Statement on Plan S Guidelines - LIBER
The recently published guidance for the implementation of Plan S offers welcome new details on how full and immediate Open Access to research publications would be achieved under this new initiative.
Austria: Five Leading Universities and Most Important Funder Unite to Support the Open Library of Humanities
Austria: Five Leading Universities and Most Important Funder Unite to Support the Open Library of Humanities
Five Austrian institutions, including the Austrian Science Fund (FWF) and the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna as Higher Supporters, have come together to begin work on a national consortium to support the Open Library of Humanities.
Got an Unpopular Opinion About Open Access? Admit It at Your Own Risk
Everyone appears to be behind open access, but scratch the surface and you'll find that it's something of a touchy subject in academia, says Rachael Pells.
Research Funding Programmes Aiming for Societal Transformations: Ten Key Stages
Research Funding Programmes Aiming for Societal Transformations: Ten Key Stages
Societal issues such as poverty, water scarcity, and food insecurity make it more important than ever for science to produce knowledge that is relevant to address serious challenges on the ground.
Top Official of European Research Council Announces Early Retirement, Citing 'controversial' Changes
Top Official of European Research Council Announces Early Retirement, Citing 'controversial' Changes
A high-ranking EU civil servant leading the administrative wing of the European Research Council (ERC) announced his early retirement to staff on Monday, citing policy disputes.
Responding to the Call of Home
Why some scientists choose to forgo promising careers abroad to return to their countries of birth.
Black Female Professors Must Deal with Bullying to Win Promotion, Report Finds
Imagine a Research Future Defined by Open Values: Introducing the Open Science MOOC
Imagine a Research Future Defined by Open Values: Introducing the Open Science MOOC
Image: UN Sustainable Development Goals https://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/sustainable-development-goals/ The world of research is not working as well as it could be. On all sides we see issues with reproducibility, questionable research practices, barriers and walls, wasteful research, and flawed incentive and reward systems. If we want research to be more effective in helping to solve the problems …
A Change of Plan for UK Open Access?
David Kernohan previews Adam Tickell's advice to the minister on open access.
How the BBC Visual and Data Journalism Team Works with Graphics in R
Over the past year, we've fundamentally changed how we produce graphics.
How Brexit Threatens Irish Science's Cross-Border Collaboration
Peace and EU membership have allowed scientists in the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland to build a unique, cross-border research system.
Dutch Universities Give Open Access Another Boost
The Dutch universities will give open access an extra boost from 2019 by starting a pilot titled ‘You share, we take ca ...
Is Journal Peer-Review Now Just a Game?
Milton Packer wonders if the time has come for instant replay.
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