Six New Preprint Services Join a Growing Community Across Disciplines
This week, six communities launched preprint services to accelerate dissemination of research.
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Cryptocurrency and Independent Scientific Funding
How cryptocurrencies may generate capital for scientific funding via dividend reinvestment.
What Will Research Look Like in 2035?
Whatever the future may hold, hyperloops, Mars or otherwise, it is the culture of research that will support our world-class researchers to deliver at their best.
The R-factor, a New Way to Rate Journal Articles?
New metric measures how reliable scientific claims turn out to be – but calculating it could be an enormous task.
Who Will Use the Open Data?
Data labs, and the scant motivations for sharing data in basic science.
How Science Got Women Wrong
Why the view that women are gentle, caring and empathetic, whereas men are strong, rational and dominant, is misguided.
Medical Journals Have a Fake News Problem
With help from drug companies, Omics International is making millions as it roils the scientific community with sketchy publications.
A New Way for Doctors to Share Their Medical Mysteries
It might just reinvent the entire medical publishing process.
Sentinel Award Nominees
For outstanding advocacy, innovation or contribution to scholarly peer review.
Oxford University Professor Resigns in Donald Trump Protest
Bo Rothstein quits Blavatnik School of Government post after learning that patron is a major financial backer of US president.
How Universities Promote Putting It into Practice
A few examples that demonstrate how universities design their open science guides.
Prevalence and Citation Advantage of Gold Open Access in the Subject Areas of the Scopus Database
Prevalence and Citation Advantage of Gold Open Access in the Subject Areas of the Scopus Database
No generalizable gold OA citation advantage at journal level.
Collection of Letters by Codebreaker Alan Turing Found in Filing Cabinet
The correspondence, dating from 1949 to 1954, was found by an academic in a storeroom at the University of Manchester.
The US, China and Russia Are Working on a Fusion Project Which Could Transform Energy
The US, China and Russia Are Working on a Fusion Project Which Could Transform Energy
At a research facility in France 35 countries are working on a project that could transform energy.
US Energy Agency Asked Scientists to Scrub References to Climate Change
Researchers were told to censor descriptions of projects funded by a Department of Energy laboratory.
Online Networking, Data Sharing and Research Activity Distribution Tools for Scientists
Online Networking, Data Sharing and Research Activity Distribution Tools for Scientists
Free online tools for networking, data sharing and measuring research impact.
The Democratization of Data Science Education
The future of data science education in a data democratized world.
Multidisciplinary Science – Multiple Authors?
Bibliometrics for the 20 highest performing authors in Multidisciplinary Science.
To Tweet or Not To Tweet — an Academic Question
I doubt that twitter has made my academic papers directly more impactful, but does that stop me tweeting about my group’s work? No way.
Welcome to Dissemin
Dissemin detects papers behind pay-walls and invites their authors to upload them in one click to an open repository.
Germany Seeks ‘Big Flip’ in Publishing Model
Over the last 2 years more than 150 German libraries, universities, and research institutes have formed a united front trying to force academic publishers into a new way of doing business.
Announcing the new British Library Research Data Strategy
Our vision for the British Library is that research data are as integrated into our collections, research and services as text is today. The
Fostering Reproducibility in Industry-Academia Research
Cultural differences between industry and academia can create or increase difficulties in reproducing research findings.
Would You Rent Your Lab Equipment?
Virtual sharing and equipment loans are making access to vital research tools easier.
I Was an Exxon-Funded Climate Scientist
A new study confirms what many already know: Exxon for years sowed uncertainty and doubt about climate change in the public. Should scientists reject certain funding sources?
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