The State and Evolution of Gold Open Access: A Country Level Analysis
A large-scale analysis of the state of open access pulising across various countries from 1990 to 2016.
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Gender Gap in Engineering
The Swiss Science Council reports that according to recent statistics, the gender gap in the technical sciences and engineering fields is still disproportionately high in Europe and North America. European countries with high-income have a surprisingly low proportion of female engineers in research and industry, in comparison to developing countries like Eastern Europe, Central and South Asia and Latin America.
Beyond Impact Factor, H-Index and University Rankings: Evaluate Science in More Meaningful Ways
Beyond Impact Factor, H-Index and University Rankings: Evaluate Science in More Meaningful Ways
Swiss Academy of Sciences conference on metrics and assessment.
Does Teacher Diversity Matter in Student Learning?
Research shows that students, especially boys, benefit when teachers share their race or gender. Yet most teachers are white women.
Meta-analyses Were Supposed to End Scientific Debates. Often, They Only Cause More Controversy
Meta-analyses Were Supposed to End Scientific Debates. Often, They Only Cause More Controversy
Compiling the evidence from dozens of studies doesn't always bring clarity.
Predicting Scientific Success
Even sophisticated, data-driven models of academic careers have trouble forecasting the highs and lows.
Reboot Undergraduate Courses for Reproducibility
Collaboration across institutes can train students in open, team science, which better prepares them for challenges to come.
What It Feels Like for Women Building Science Careers
Australia's parliament has a problem retaining experienced women. As a workplace, it's not alone.
From 101 Innovations to a Roadmap for Collaboration
Last month, I participated virtually in the Joint Roadmap for Open Science Tools (JROST) workshop as 86 individuals from 58 different organizations gathered in Berkeley on August 27-28 to explore the growing category of open source scholarly workflow tools, to…
Plan T: Scrap APCs and Switch to Submission Fees.
Plan S proposes to take a hammer to how we fund peer review and publication. Submission fees deserve serious consideration.
Inequality in Knowledge Production: The Integration of Academic Infrastructure by Big Publishers
Inequality in Knowledge Production: The Integration of Academic Infrastructure by Big Publishers
The implications of a simultaneous redirection of the big publishers' business strategy towards open access business models and the acquisition of scholarly infrastructure utilizing the conceptual framework of rent-seeking theory.
Code Ocean: Discover & Run Scientific Code
Code Ocean is a cloud-based computational reproducibility platform that provides researchers and developers an easy way to share, discover and run code published in academic journals and conferences.
Scientist Publishes A List Of Known Harassers in Academia
Rates of sexual abuse and harassment in academic science are second only to the military. It's estimated that at least half of women faculty and staff face.
Measles Outbreak in United States and Europe: The Dangerous Result of Science-Denial
Measles Outbreak in United States and Europe: The Dangerous Result of Science-Denial
The measles outbreak in the United States and Europe keeps spreading despite the availability of a safe and effective vaccine. The cause? Science-denial.
Mass Resignation Guts Board of Prestigious Cochrane Collaboration
Governing board of the evidence-based medicine group may now be dissolved entirely.
Turmoil Erupts over Expulsion from Leading Evidence-based Medicine Group
One of the medical world’s most respected expert bodies is in turmoil as its annual meeting gets underway after its governing board voted to expel a member.
How Traditional Publishing Works
Essay on how traditional publishing works: its market mechanism and editorial strategy.
Open Research Fund: Applications Submitted
For the first time, the Wellcome Trust is publishing received project proposals, and will be adding funding decisions end of October.
Brexit No Deal Factsheet
A factsheet summarising why the UK leaving the EU with no-deal is a bad deal for science, and outlining what a deal for science should look like.
Eight Ways to Tackle Diversity and Inclusion in Peer Review
We continue our Peer Review Week celebrations with a roundup of articles about bias, diversity, and inclusion in peer review, by Alice Meadows, including eight lessons we can all learn from them.
Men and Women Use Their Time Differently, but Everyone Works Too Much
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