Repeating Important Research Thanks to Replication Studies
For the first time, NWO is funding nine projects from the health and social sciences that replicate research from others.
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A Bibliometric Model for Identifying Emerging Research Topics
A set of criteria for the identification of emerging topics is proposed according to the adjusted definition and attributes of emergence.
Challenge the Impact Factor
When comparing journals using citation-based metrics, the percentage of highly cited papers is more informative than the average number of citations.
Beyond Scoops to Best Practices
Authors submitting a manuscript to eLife are encouraged to upload it to a recognized preprint server at the same time in order to make their results available as quickly and as widely as possible.
Many Postdocs Face Challenges Securing Parental Leave, New Report Highlights
Navigating leave policies can be tricky, so postdocs need to be proactive and investigate all their resources.
DARPA to Spend $65 million on Human Brain Modem
High-bandwidth connections into the brain could treat blindness, paralysis, and speech disorders.
Availability of Open Reference Data Nears 50% as Major Societies and Influential Publishers Endorse the Initiative for Open Citations
Availability of Open Reference Data Nears 50% as Major Societies and Influential Publishers Endorse the Initiative for Open Citations
In the three months following the Initiative for Open Citations' launch, the percentage of articles with open reference data has moved from 40% to over 45%.
MIT Convenes Ad Hoc Task Force on Open Access to Institute's Research
Group will explore opportunities to disseminate MIT knowledge as widely as possible.
Introducing a New Series on Reproducibility of Scientific Research
Introducing a New Series on Reproducibility of Scientific Research
How are scholars and researchers working to restore confidence in peer-reviewed science?
Sparrho Raises $3 Million to Democratize Access to Science Research
Sparrho is developing a free platform to find and share research publications and patents.
Open Science and its Discontents
The current funding climate certainly doesn’t favour changes, but that doesn’t mean that change isn’t possible.
Fake News: Sherlock Among the Tulips
The market is dominated by just a few publishers who exercise their power ruthlessly.
New ORFG Resource Provides Guidance to Funders Developing Open Policies
A guide intended to help research funders develop open policies that advance their organizational values.
Scientists Should Talk Directly to the Public
Our work helps answer some of society's greatest challenges, but it's usually conveyed with technical language in journals most citizens never see.
Science Has a Negativity Problem
Exciting new discoveries get all the attention — leaving just-as-important negative results in the dust. And fixing the problem is easier said than done.
Locking Science Open with Decentralized Scientific Archives
In a decentralized architecture, anyone has the ability to download and re-host data without changing it's permanent identifier.
Biology's Roiling Debate Over Publishing Research Early
Posting scientific papers online, free to the public, seems like a great idea. But it's more complicated than it sounds.
The Earth Is Flat (p > 0.05)
Significance thresholds and the crisis of unreplicable research
Understanding Why Research Evidence Does or Doesn't Make It into Policy
Understanding Why Research Evidence Does or Doesn't Make It into Policy
Why breaking down walls between different academic disciplines could enhance our understanding of why research evidence does − or doesn’t − make it into policy.
More Popular in Principle Than in Practice
Younger researchers may be particularly deterred by the fees associated with gold open access.
In Praise of Scientific Theory
Just a hunch? Hardly. Think germ theory, atomic theory and the theory of evolution.
Open Academic Search
A working group aiming to advance scientific research and discovery, promote technology that assists the scientific and academic communities, and make research available worldwide for the good of all humanity.
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