How Wikipedia Infiltrated Academia
Wikipedia should be embraced by universities as an open-access source of information that can be the starting point for deeper research and learning, says John Lubbock.
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Surprise! Shutdown Also Disrupting U.S. Science Agencies That Aren't Closed
And at NASA, nearly 200 postdocs furloughed
Shutdown Will Cast a Long Shadow over Research
The sudden halt to US government functions leaves me worried about the effects on science for years to come, says Anne Jefferson.
'Make Love, Not CO2': Swiss Students March for Climate Action
Thousands of school children and university students across Switzerland skipped class on Friday to march in the streets and demand climate action, telling politicians "There is no planet B".
Bart De Strooper: 'Bright Young Scientists Won't Come to Join Us in UK'
The Belgian biologist fears for the future of the pioneering UK Dementia Research Institute after Brexit
Commission Plans to Shake Up Its Big Research Department
EU research chief Jean-Eric Paquet lays plans to refocus staff on policy goals, efficiency and cooperation with other parts of the Commission.
Women Who Win Prizes Get Less Money and Prestige
A new analysis of biomedical awards over five decades shows men receive more cash and more respect for their research than women do, report Brian Uzzi and colleagues.
Change Ahead: How Do Smaller Publishers Perceive Open Access?
Reporting results from a comprehensive survey of publishers in the German-speaking world, Christian Kaier and Karin Lackner explore the attitudes of smaller publishers towards open access, finding …
Who Are You Writing For? The Role of Community Membership on Authors' Decisions to Publish in Open Access Mega-Journals
Who Are You Writing For? The Role of Community Membership on Authors' Decisions to Publish in Open Access Mega-Journals
Open Access mega-journals have in some academic disciplines become a key channel for communicating research. In others, however, they remain unknown. This article explores how authors’ perceptions of mega-journals differ across disciplines and are shaped by motivations associated with the multiple communities they function within.
The Effect of Publishing Peer Review Reports on Referee Behavior in Five Scholarly Journals
The Effect of Publishing Peer Review Reports on Referee Behavior in Five Scholarly Journals
To increase transparency in science, some scholarly journals have begun publishing peer review reports. Here, the authors show how this policy shift affects reviewer behavior by analyzing data from five journals piloting open peer review.
How UK Scientists Are Preparing for a Chaotic No-Deal Brexit
Lab gloves, fly food and charter planes - UK research institutes are preparing for a possible snap departure from the European Union in just 10 weeks.
Harvard Library and MIT Libraries Provide Recommendations for Plan S Implementation
Harvard Library and MIT Libraries Provide Recommendations for Plan S Implementation
Harvard Library and the MIT Libraries are in broad support of Plan S and its goals while also recomending certain adjustments to the implementation details.
Few Open Access Journals are Plan S Compliant
Much of the debate on Plan S seems to concentrate on how to make toll access journals open access, taking for granted that existing open access journals are Plan S compliant. We suspected this was not so, and set out to explore this using DOAJ's journal metadata. We conclude that an overwhelmingly large majority of open access journals are not Plan S compliant, and that it is small HSS publishers not charging APCs that are least compliant and will face major challenges with becoming compliant. Plan S need to give special considerations to smaller publishers and/or non-APC-based journals.
Pay to Publish Open Access: On the DEAL-Wiley Agreement
Details of the contract between the German consortium DEAL and Wiley reveal that the transformative nature of this new big deal may come at a high cost.
Researchers Can Now Transfer Wellcome Grants Outside the UK
Alyson Fox, the Director of Grants at Wellcome, explains why they're changing their policy on transferring grants to ensure research can thrive in the UK, EU and beyond.
Why We Need a Public Infrastructure for Data on Open Access
The necessity of developing a public infrastructure for open access, its benefits and the obstacles to reaching this goal.
Open Access 2018: A Year of Funders and Universities Drawing Lines in the Sand
When the year began, the world's largest academic publisher, Elsevier, had increased their annual profits, with an operating profit approaching US$1.2 billion in science, technology, and medicine - a profit margin of over 36%. By year's end, a hefty chunk of the world's research community was walking away from big subscription deals with Elsevier and others.
Payouts Push Professors Towards Predatory Journals
If South Africa truly wants to encourage good research, it must stop paying academics by the paper.
Fundamentals of Data Visualization
A guide to making visualizations that accurately reflect the data, tell a story, and look professional.
The Blind Spot of Science is the Neglect of Lived Experience - Adam Frank, Marcelo Gleiser & Evan Thompson | Aeon Essays
'Post-normal' Science Requires Unorthodox Communication Strategies, Study Says
'Post-normal' Science Requires Unorthodox Communication Strategies, Study Says
Proposals to fight malaria by "driving" genes that slow its spread through mosquitoes is a high-risk, high-reward technology that presents a challenge to science journalists, according to a new report aimed at stimulating a fruitful, realistic public discussion of "post-normal" science and technology.
Well-formed.eigenfactor.org : Visualizing Information Flow in Science
Well-formed.eigenfactor.org : Visualizing Information Flow in Science
Information-aesthetic explorations of emerging patterns in scientific citation networks. A cooperation between the Eigenfactor® Project (data analysis) and Moritz Stefaner (visualization).
Patricia Falcone Talks About Women in Science on 'She Roars' Podcast
Leading scientist Patricia Falcone speaks with podcast host Margaret Koval about the importance of college mathematics, early research experience and clear communications.
One Couple's Tireless Crusade to Stop a Genetic Killer
When Sonia Vallabh lost her mother to a rare disease, she and her husband, Eric Minikel, set out to find a cure.
Groundbreaking Deal Makes Large Number of German Studies Free to Public
Groundbreaking Deal Makes Large Number of German Studies Free to Public
New contract gives researchers access to Wiley's journals and makes their papers open access
What's New with Peer Review on ORCID
ORCID has provided peer review functionality for going on three years. Peer review recognition is part of our broader commitment to improve recognition for all research contributions. It’s something that reviewers feel strongly about too.
Elsevier's High Profit Model Makes them Anti-Open
Elsevier argues that they make their citation data available through their subscription database, Scopus, and that “[…] Elsevier cannot make such a large corpus of data, which it has added significant value to, available for free."
International Collaboration Publishes Concept Design for a Post-LHC Future Circular Collider at CERN
International Collaboration Publishes Concept Design for a Post-LHC Future Circular Collider at CERN
Today, the Future Circular Collider (FCC) collaboration submitted its Conceptual Design Report (CDR) for publication.
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