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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.
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.
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.
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
Here's how NASA is incentivizing open science, and how you can too.
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 have reacted with disappointment to Switzerland's expulsion from the body that coordinates scientific infrastructure across the continent.
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.
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.
A culture of fear around corrections and retractions is hampering efforts to maintain the integrity of scientific research.
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.
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.
An artificially intelligent first author presents many ethical questions—and could upend the publishing process.
Research-integrity survey also suggests that there is a split in US- and Europe-based researchers' perceptions of 'questionable research practices'.
Switzerland has lost an important tool for shaping the European science agenda, complains a high-level research group.
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.
The proportion of publications that send a field in a new direction has plummeted over the last half-century.
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.
Making COVID-19 manageable and covering financial losses from climate change could make headlines
NIH to require researchers to submit a Data Management and Sharing Plan with grant applications submitted after Jan. 25, 2023
The 2022 High Level Workshop on the European Research Area focused on ethics and integrity when science engages with the public, such as when advising decision makers, communicating to citizens, or having the public participate in the research process.
A small but growing number of scientific faculty positions are focusing on the science of teaching.
Why are we so sensitive to residential noise?
Andrew Wood plans for a career-defining 12 months ahead, and what he needs to focus on.
The microblogging platform has transformed research communication, but its future is in doubt.
2022 was great for science, from historic space missions to archeological discoveries and plenty to learn in medicine.
In a landmark decision this week, the European Research Council (ERC) announced changes to its application forms and evaluation procedures that will be implemented starting with the 2024 calls for proposals.
