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The h-index has gained wide acceptance as a bibliometric indicator of individual scientific achievement. In this paper, J. E. Hirsch proposes an alternative to replacing the h-index with a better index, the h-alpha-index, to address at least some of its deficiencies.
Knowledge generated in partnership with the public and policymakers is more likely to be useful to society and should be encouraged.
A paper that examines the relationship between placement of publications in Top Five journals and receipt of tenure in academic economics departments.
A study released last week revealed that while women account for 13% of startup founders, they hold only 6% of founder equity.
It is the ultimate accolade, but critics claim the award is now out of step with modern collaborative research methods.
CERN considers the presentation delivered by an invited scientist during a workshop on High Energy Theory and Gender as highly offensive. It has therefore decided to remove the slides from the online repository, in line with a Code of Conduct that does not tolerate personal attacks and insults.
A Cornell food scientist’s downfall could reveal a bigger problem in nutrition research.
Nation’s funder is the first to join Plan S - which aims to make all scientific works free to read on publication - since the effort was announced.
Seven researchers and campaigners tell Nature how Britain’s break-up with the EU is affecting research.
October meeting in Germany reverses the usual gender ratio
The prize-awarding academies are making changes to their secretive nomination processes to tackle bias, but some say the measures don’t go far enough.
We suggest that moving from an authorship to a contributorship model would better reflect the many and varied contributions to large, complex, long-term and management-intensive projects in modern science.
Scientists discuss a report aimed at keeping global temperature rise under 1.5C this century. The report will be the guiding light for governments as they decide how to develop their economies in the face of rising temperatures over the coming decades.
The claim that Plan S is unethical derives from an understanding of academic freedom that appears to rest on foundations that, if not shaky, are at least highly questionable.
Science ministry is eliminated in Argentina while budget cuts and inflation hamper labs’ daily operations.
Peter Kraker on Google Dataset Discovery, the open science movement, and his #DontLeaveItToGoogle campaign.
Manuscript showing how Augmented Reality, which is the projection of virtual information onto a real-world object, can be applied in the classroom and in the laboratory.
Using Scholia as a starting point for exploring how information about biodiversity and ecosystem research is represented in Wikidata and how it can be explored, curated and reused.
A recent investigation led by an international group of journalists raised concerns over the scale of the problem of deceptive publishing practices, but the problem of predatory publishing was overstated while at the same time discrediting open access publishing.
China is now home to the best university in Asia, while France’s Sorbonne University is the highest-ranked newcomer in the table.
How to step out from the shadow of your principal investigator.
The fall of a prominent food and marketing researcher may be a cautionary tale for scientists who are tempted to manipulate data and chase headlines.
Researchers should embrace negative results instead of accentuating the positive, which is one of several biases that can lead to bad science.
Has journalism and science communication crossed a line?
