Billionaires, Butterflies and Brooding Skies - April’s Top Science Images
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Behold, the Marticle (A Primer on How to Avoid Only Quoting Men as Sources)
Behold, the Marticle (A Primer on How to Avoid Only Quoting Men as Sources)
Women being left out of national security discussions is not a new discovery. What struck us is that when it comes to nuclear policy, there are ample women to quote, so why isn’t that reflected in the reporting?
The Most-Cited Authors on Wikipedia Had No Idea
A single academic paper, published by three Australian researchers in 2007, has been cited by Wikipedia editors over 2.8 million times - the next most popular work only shows up a little more than 21,000. And the researchers behind it didn't have a clue.
The 2018 Global Survey of Mathematical, Computing, and Natural Scientists Now Open!
The 2018 Global Survey of Mathematical, Computing, and Natural Scientists Now Open!
A crucial component of the Gender Gap in Mathematical, Computing, and Natural Sciences project is the compilation of self-reported data from scientists via a global, multilingual, and multidisciplinary survey.
Considering the 'Leaky Pipeline'- Are We Missing the Point on Leadership Diversity?
The Big Push: Are PhDs Too Tough?
Study suggests doctorates are now seen as a test of character rather than intellect.
Nature Announces New Editor-In-Chief
Magdalena Skipper, who is currently editor-in-chief of the open-access journal Nature Communications, will become the eighth editor of Nature. She will take over from Philip Campbell, who will move to the newly created post of editor in chief at publisher Springer Nature on 1 July.
Inferential Statistics, P-Values, and the Quest to Evaluate Our Hypotheses
Inferential Statistics, P-Values, and the Quest to Evaluate Our Hypotheses
P-values and significance testing have come under increasing scrutiny in scientific research. How accurate are these methods for indicating whether a hypothesis is valid?
One Platform to Rule Them All?
In the digital era, each publisher has established its own content platform, to the detriment of the researcher experience. Discovery is fragmented, leading to substantial library investment in order to provide single-index whole-collection search.
Star Wars: Who Should Get Credit for Solving the Mystery of Gravitational Waves ?
Star Wars: Who Should Get Credit for Solving the Mystery of Gravitational Waves ?
When scientists in California and around the world finally solved the mystery of gravitational waves last year, only one question remained: Who should get credit for the discovery?
Europe's Most Innovative Universities - 2018
Overall, the most elite ranks of Europe’s Most Innovative Universities have held steady from last year. The list was compiled in partnership with Clarivate Analytics, and is based on proprietary data and analysis of patent filings and research paper citations.
NIH Seeks Health Data of 1 Million People, with Genetic Privacy Suddenly an Issue
NIH Seeks Health Data of 1 Million People, with Genetic Privacy Suddenly an Issue
Information about participants in the unprecedented “All of Us” study is protected from inquiries by law enforcement, officials said.
Beneficiaries of Organisation IDs Must Be Willing to Invest in Them
Collecting, annotating and curating data of universities, funding organizations and publishers manually is both wasteful and impossible to do comprehensively. If these data were available in a globally standardized, digital, open format, this effort could be redirected towards analysis and improving research information and administration.
Ten Reasons to Share Your Data
Making data available to the larger scientific community has many benefits.
20th Anniversary of the Andrew Wakefield Vaccine Fraud - No Celebrations
A bit over 20 years ago, in February 1998, Andrew Wakefield published his infamous article in Lancet, which was eventually retracted in 2010. He stated that "onset of behavioural symptoms was associated, by the parents, with measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccination in eight of the 12 children."
Thousands Boycott New Nature Journal About Machine Learning
More than two thousand researchers have signed a petition to boycott a new Nature journal over the fact it will be available only by subscription.
Thousands of Academics Spurn Nature’s New Paid-Access Machine Learning Journal
Nature has just announce plans to create a Machine Intelligence imprint, and researchers in this normally open access field are not happy. Over two thousand have signed a statement saying they won’t publish in it.
Why Media Should Rethink the Way It Covers Science
Across time, public understanding about how science works is affected by journalism. A journalist, with very little extra effort, can increase the accuracy of public understanding and minimize public vulnerability to distortions of science.
Federal Partners Release Interagency Strategic Plan for Microbiome Research
A group of 23 U.S. government agencies, including the NSF, have joined to produce the Interagency Strategic Plan for Microbiome Research, which outlines the objectives, structure and principles for coordinated research in this important field of study.
Random Audits Could Shift the Incentive for Researchers From Quantity to Quality
One way to push back against the pressure to “publish or perish” is to randomly audit a small proportion of researchers and take time to assess their research in detail. Auditors could examine complex measures of quality which no metric could ever capture such as originality, reproducibility, and research translation.
Dr Magdalena Skipper Appointed New Editor-In-Chief of Nature
First female editor in Nature's nearly 150 year history.
Towards Open Access by default in Spain
In January 2018, Spanish Government published the State Plan for Research, Development and Innovation 2017-2020 that includes important news on open access to scientific publications and research data.
Funder Perspectives on Open Infrastructure
A survey to better understand funder perspectives with respect to supporting open infrastructure shows that beyond open access, however, there is very little consensus on other open activities.
Understanding the Implications of Open Citations — How Far Along Are We?
Understanding the Implications of Open Citations — How Far Along Are We?
The academic discovery space seems to be buzzing again. This space has become relatively stable after the introduction and maturity of Web Scale Discovery between 2009-2013, but things seem to be hotting up once again
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