8 Simple Mistakes That Can Delay Peer Review (and How to Avoid Them)
A short list of common issues that can delay a submission. Check your manuscript for these issues, and and then read our advice for how to fix them.
Send us a link
Why I Don't Use Instagram for Science Outreach
Women shouldn't have to shoulder the burden of solving gender inequality on social media: by visibly contradicting stereotypes about female scientists, it is clear that they hope to inspire girls to pursue science and to encourage female scientists to showcase their femininity in our male-dominated workspaces.
Is Science Really Facing a Reproducibility Crisis, and Do We Need It To?
Scientists Beware: The Price Is High, the Payoff Uncertain at Glossy Publications Aimed at Europe's Decision-Makers
Scientists Beware: The Price Is High, the Payoff Uncertain at Glossy Publications Aimed at Europe's Decision-Makers
Customers question whether paid articles in digital magazines are worth the money.
Most International Universities in the World 2018: Top 200
Explore the top 200 most international universities in the world using data from the Times Higher Education World University Rankings: EPFL and ETHZ in the lead.
Peer Review Fails to Prevent Publication of Paper with Unsupported Claims About Peer Review
Peer Review Fails to Prevent Publication of Paper with Unsupported Claims About Peer Review
A flawed article claiming that manuscripts don't change much between being preprints and published articles somehow makes it through peer review unchanged.
How Putin Can Restore Russian Research
The sleeping bear of Russian science could finally wake - and China can show it how.
Macron's European Innovation Agency Ramping Up
Like Darpa, Jedi will aim to deliver developmental milestones along the path to strategically important technologies, including through prototyping. It will sit between academia and industry and fund projects lasting no more than two years.
Russian Science Chases Escape from Mediocrity
With Vladimir Putin set to earn another presidential term, researchers wonder whether his government will reverse decades of decline.
22 National Science Academies Urge Government Action on Climate Change
The scientists, from the UK, Canada, Australia and other Commonwealth countries, warn that stronger measures are needed to keep global warming under 2 degrees.
Preprints and Citations: Should Non-Peer Reviewed Material Be Included in Article References?
Preprints and Citations: Should Non-Peer Reviewed Material Be Included in Article References?
Should we treat preprints the same way that we treat reviewed and published material? If so, how can we make that clear to readers?
An Empirical Analysis of Journal Policy Effectiveness for Computational Reproducibility
An Empirical Analysis of Journal Policy Effectiveness for Computational Reproducibility
New guidelines from many journals requiring authors to provide data and code postpublication upon request is found to be an improvement over no policy, but currently insufficient for reproducibility.
Radical Ideas Required to Cut Research Grant Waste, Funders Told
New head of Science Europe says he hopes for experiments with grant lottery system and even a basic income for researchers.
Why Are Scientists Anxious?
Public regard for scientists is as strong as ever, but you wouldn't know it. Public trust in scientists has risen over the past three decades in the United Kingdom, even in the post-Brexit era.
Why Do Girls Lose Interest in STEM? New Research Has Some Answers - And What We Can Do About It
Why Do Girls Lose Interest in STEM? New Research Has Some Answers - And What We Can Do About It
Despite the high priority that is placed on STEM in schools, efforts to expand female interest and employment in STEM are not working as well as intended. Ways to better support young women include interactive projects, and mentoring from parents and community members. "We need to teach girls that it is all right to sit with the discomfort of not knowing the right answer right away."
'Bronze' Open Access Supersedes Green and Gold
The largest share of open-access articles belongs to a new category described as “bronze”: articles are available on websites hosted by their publisher - either immediately or following an embargo - but are not formally licensed for reuse.
UZH Researchers Embrace Open Access
Around half of researchers already publish their work with open access, according to a comprehensive survey carried out by the Main Library of the University of Zurich. Besides a number of positive results, the survey also revealed a need for more information.
Bridging the Gender Gap: Why Do so Few Girls Study Stem Subjects?
To attract more girls to study Stem subjects at university, we need to tackle the stereotypes they are exposed to early on.
The Enemy Within - Why the Narrative About Universities and Students Went So Wrong
The Enemy Within - Why the Narrative About Universities and Students Went So Wrong
From Margaret Thatcher to Generation Snowflake, Keith Joseph to Sam Gyimah, why and how have universities and students found themselves so firmly on the wrong side of public opinion? And what are we going to do about it?
The Balance Between Bibliometric and Societal Impact
An interview with Kai Chan and his strategies to seek the combination of both kinds of impacts.
A Brief Guide To Writing Your First Scientific Manuscript
Some thoughts on how to approach writing manuscripts based on original biomedical research.
Lies Travel Faster Than Truth on Twitter—and Now We Know Who to Blame
A major new study published in the journal Science finds that false rumors on Twitter spread much more rapidly, on average, than those that turn out to be true. Interestingly, the study also finds that bots aren’t to blame for that discrepancy. People are.
MIT Launches Multimillion-Dollar Collaboration to Develop Fusion Energy
MIT Launches Multimillion-Dollar Collaboration to Develop Fusion Energy
The MIT will work with a private firm to develop technology for producing energy from nuclear fusion within the next 15 years.
Edge Factors: Scientific Frontier Positions of Nations
The United States and South Korea have the highest tendencies for novel science. China has become a leader in favoring newer ideas when working with basic science ideas and research tools, but is still slow to adopt new clinical ideas. Many locations remain far behind the leaders in terms of their tendency to work with novel ideas.
The Preregistration Revolution
Widespread adoption of preregistration will increase distinctiveness between hypothesis generation and hypothesis testing and will improve the credibility of research findings.
×