Should Scientists Be Posting Their Work Online Before Peer Review?
Opinions are divided on whether the surge in popularity of pre-prints represent a field-wide disaster or the coming of a populist revolution.
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AI Could Tell You When You're About to Get Sick
An audacious Chinese entrepreneur wants to test your body for everything. But are computers really smart enough to make sense of all that data?
How Fair Is It for Just Three People to Receive the Nobel Prize in Physics?
How Fair Is It for Just Three People to Receive the Nobel Prize in Physics?
Alfred Nobel didn’t foresee the current era of mega scientific collaboration.
Ripples in Space: U.S. Trio Wins Physics Nobel for Discovery of Gravitational Waves
Nobel Prize in Physics goes to Rainer Weiss, Kip Thorne, and Barry Barish, who led the famed LIGO experiment.
Estimated Effects of Implementing an Open Access Policy for Grantees at a Private Foundation
Estimated Effects of Implementing an Open Access Policy for Grantees at a Private Foundation
Understanding the potential effects of requiring that grantees publish their peer-reviewed research in open access journals.
The Absurdity of the Nobel Prizes in Science
They distort the nature of the scientific enterprise, rewrite its history, and overlook many of its most important contributors.
Why Can Elsevier Keep Insulting Scholars without Consequences?
Academic publishers in general and Elsevier in particular have a reputation for their ruthless profiteering, using professional negotiators pitting hapless librarians against their own faculty.
Ethics of Internet Research Trigger Scrutiny
Concern over the use of public data spurs guideline update.
Medicine Nobel Prize Goes to Circadian Rhythm Researchers
Three U.S. scientists share the 2017 award.
Support Science by Publishing in Scientific Society Journals
While few will disagree with their motives, the authors provide no roadmap for scientific societies. It may be time to learn from the successes of commercial rivals.
Publishers Increasingly in Control of Scholarly Infrastructure and This Is Why We Should Care
Publishers Increasingly in Control of Scholarly Infrastructure and This Is Why We Should Care
There is an urgent need by research communities and public agencies to collaboratively reclaim the infrastructure around the academic knowledge production process.
Tackling ‘the Thin File’ That Can Prevent a Promotion
Recently, I have worked with a number of professional services firms committed to equality, diversity and inclusion. By Iris Bohnet.
Body Clock Scientists Win Nobel
Three scientists who unravelled how our bodies tell time have won the 2017 Nobel Prize for physiology or medicine.
How Do We Define the Policy Impact of Public Health Research?
A systematic review
Ten Simple Rules for Structuring Papers
Applying to all the parts of a paper and further to other forms of communication such as grants and posters.
We Hail Individual Geniuses, but Success in Science Comes through Collaboration
Decisions, Decisions
Journals are exploring new approaches to peer review in order to reduce bias, increase transparency and respond to author preferences. Funders are also getting involved.
Are Preprints the Future of Biology?
Biologists are posting unreviewed manuscripts in record numbers. But many are still not sure it's a good idea. A survival guide for scientists.
After Upheaval, Russian Academy of Sciences Gets New Leader
Physicist Alexander Sergeyev gets nod from Vladimir Putin.
Chatter Makes Popular Metric Unreliable
An analysis of a popular reputation metric concludes it relies too heavily on social interaction.
Research Results Are Increasingly Available For Free
A movement to make the fruits of research available without charge has helped students and faculty members gain access to an increasing number of academic articles.
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