Meet Eric Lander, Biden's Pick For Science Adviser And A Polarizing Figure
Under Biden, genome-sequencing pioneer Eric Lander may become the most powerful scientist in US history. But he comes with some baggage.
Send us a link
Open Science in the Horizon Europe Funding Programme: What to Expect?
Open Science in the Horizon Europe Funding Programme: What to Expect?
In this forward-looking spirit, sharing information about the coming EU funding framework seems to be an appropriate topic for the last DARIAH Open post in 2020. As such, this entry is having a look at how Open Science is taking shape in the nascent Horizon Europe funding programme for 2021-2027, what to expect and what are the major changes compared to the previous funding programme, Horizon 2020.
Aligning Research Data Management Across Europe
During an webinar on Wednesday 27 November 2021, from 14.00–16.30 CET, Science Europe will formally launch the second edition of its Practical Guide to the International Alignment of Research Data Management.
Decolonizing Scholarly Communications Through Bibliodiversity
This short form article was originally accepted to be published in a Special Open Access Collection in the journal, Development and Change, however, was withdrawn by the authors due to unacceptable licensing conditions proposed by the publisher. Diversity is an important characteristic of any healthy ecosystem. In the field of scholarly communications, diversity in services and platforms, funding mechanisms and evaluation measures will allow the ecosystem to accommodate the different workflows, languages, publication outputs and research topics that support the needs of different research communities. Diversity also reduces the risk of vendor lock-in, which leads to monopolization and high prices. Yet this 'bibliodiversity' is undermined by the fact that researchers around the world are evaluated according to journal-based citation measures, which have become the major currency of academic research. Journals seek to maximize their bibliometric measures by adopting editorial policies that increase citation counts, resulting in the predominance of Northern/Western research priorities and perspectives in the literature, and an increasing marginalization of research topics of more narrow or local nature. This contribution examines the distinctive, non-commercial approach to open access (OA) found in Latin America and reflects on how greater diversity in OA infrastructures helps to address inequalities in global knowledge production as well as knowledge access. The authors argue that bibliodiversity, rather than adoption of standardized models of OA, is central to the development of a more equitable system of knowledge production.
Predatory-Journal Papers Have Little Scientific Impact
Analysis of hundreds of articles in predatory titles shows that 60% have never been cited.
Imposters Hijack Journal's Peer Review Process to Publish Substandard Papers
Scammers set up fake institutional email accounts to deceive a chemistry publication's editorial team.
Large-scale Comparison of Bibliographic Data Sources: Scopus, Web of Science, Dimensions, Crossref, and Microsoft Academic
Large-scale Comparison of Bibliographic Data Sources: Scopus, Web of Science, Dimensions, Crossref, and Microsoft Academic
We present a large-scale comparison of five multidisciplinary bibliographic data sources: Scopus, Web of Science, Dimensions, Crossref, and Microsoft Academic. The comparison considers scientific documents from the period 2008-2017 covered by these data sources. Scopus is compared in a pairwise manner with each of the other data sources. We first analyze differences between the data sources in the coverage of documents, focusing for instance on differences over time, differences per document type, and differences per discipline. We then study differences in the completeness and accuracy of citation links. Based on our analysis, we discuss strengths and weaknesses of the different data sources. We emphasize the importance of combining a comprehensive coverage of the scientific literature with a flexible set of filters for making selections of the literature.
Science Family of Journals Announces Change to Open-Access Policy
Subscription journals will let some Plan S funded researchers share accepted manuscripts under open licences.
The Free-Market Gamble: Has Covid Broken UK Universities?
The pandemic has exposed the impact of 20 years of turning higher education into a marketplace and students into increasingly dissatisfied customers.
Sharon Begley, Path-breaking Science Journalist, Dies at 64 - STAT
Sharon Begley, whose science journalism career spanned 43 years at Newsweek, the Wall Street Journal, Reuters, and STAT, died Saturday at 64.
Biden Will Elevate White House Science Office to Cabinet-Level
He has selected geneticist Eric Lander, who helped map the human genome, to lead the Office of Science and Technology Policy.
Launching the Open Data Day 2021 Mini-grant Scheme
We are thrilled to announce that once again the Open Knowledge Foundation is giving out mini-grants to support people hosting Open Data Day events across the world.
Streamlining Data-intensive Biology with Workflow Systems
Streamlining Data-intensive Biology with Workflow Systems
As the scale of biological data generation has increased, the bottleneck of research has shifted from data generation to analysis.
Historians in Historic Times
Will history judge? Reflections from historians about the intense relationship of past and present.
Twitter Shuts Down Account of Sci-Hub
Move comes as publishers sue in India to block public access.
Public Debate is Good for Science
In the age of the internet, there's no such thing as a private debate. But is that bad for science?
The 432-year-old Manual on Social Distancing
In this spookily prescient booklet, people are advised to keep six feet apart, avoid shaking hands and only send one person per household out to do the shopping.
2020 Was Hottest Year on Record by Narrow Margin, Nasa Says
Due to different methods, US Noaa judged year as fractionally cooler than 2016 while UK Met Office put 2020 in close second place.
Connected Research: The Potential of the PID Graph
Persistent identifiers (PIDs) provide unique and long-lasting references to entities. They enable unique identification persistently over time and hence play a crucial role in supporting the FAIR principles.
Herd Immunity by Infection is Not an Option
Herd immunity is expected to arise when a virus cannot spread readily. However, Manaus provides a cautionary example that herd immunity is likely not achieved even at high levels of infection and that it comes with unacceptably high costs.
Imagining a Transformed Scientific Publication Landscape
Open Science is not a finish line, but a means to an end. Widespread adoption of Open Science policies would improve the transparency, reusability and connectivity of scientific outputs.
Climate Crisis: 2020 Was Joint Hottest Year Ever Recorded
Global heating continued unabated despite Covid lockdowns, with record Arctic wildfires and Atlantic tropical storms.
How Will We Achieve Carbon-neutral Flight in Future?
Carbon-neutral aviation is possible, but in future, aircraft are likely to continue to be powered by fossil fuels. The CO2 they emit must be systematically stored underground. This is the most economical of various approaches that ETH researchers have compared in detail.
The Future of the Coronavirus? An Annoying Childhood Infection
Once immunity is widespread in adults, the virus rampaging across the world will come to resemble the common cold, scientists predict.
×