Open-Access Mandates and the Seductively False Promise of “Free”
Open-access mandates have the potential to significantly harm the publishing industry, writes the Center for the Protection of Intellectual Property.
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EPA Website Removes Climate Science Site from Public View
The Environmental Protection Agency announced Friday evening its website would be “undergoing changes” to better represent the new direction the agency is taking, triggering the removal of several agency websites containing detailed climate data and scientific information.
Turkish Authorities Block Wikipedia
The online encyclopaedia is inaccessible under an official order, but no reason for this is given.
Award-Winning Nautilus Magazine Enters Troubled Waters
Funding shortfalls at the luxe science magazine have left some contributors waiting months to be paid. They may need to wait a little longer.
Who’s Who on Science Twitter and Who Counts?
Remember the Kardashian index? That was Neil Hall's 2014 tongue-in-cheek(ish) dig at science Twitter and "Science Kardashians" - scientists with a high Twitter-follower-to-citation ratio.
Tech Made Cities Too Expensive. Here’s How to Fix It.
Technology is one of the country’s biggest growth industries, but it comes at a price.
Marine Le Pen Is a ‘Terrible Danger,’ French Research Leaders Say
Marine Le Pen Is a ‘Terrible Danger,’ French Research Leaders Say
Scientific community calls on voters not to support the candidate of the National Front
Do ResearchGate Scores Create Ghost Academic Reputations?
The academic social network site ResearchGate (RG) has its own indicator, RG Score, for its members. The high profile nature of the site means that the RG Score may be used for recruitment, promotion
International Student Table 2017
Explore the universities with the highest percentage of international students.
Phony Peer Review
An unknown number of published studies have a hidden flaw: The “peers” who supposedly vouched for their publication are phonies.
Climate of Complete Certainty
"When someone is honestly 55 percent right, that’s very good and there’s no use wrangling. And if someone is 60 percent right, it’s wonderful, it’s great luck, and let him thank God."
Opening the Vault of Journal Subscription and Open Access Expenditures
For years, there was no overview of what the total amount being paid for journal subscriptions was per institute or on a national level.
The Influence of Journal Submission Guidelines on Authors' Reporting of Statistics and Use of Open Research Practices
The Influence of Journal Submission Guidelines on Authors' Reporting of Statistics and Use of Open Research Practices
Study suggesting that journal-specific submission guidelines may encourage desirable changes in authors’ practices.
How to Critically Evaluate a Manuscript
You've accepted an invitation to review a research article. Here's some step by step guidance for how to do it right.
Why Isn't There More Scientific Literature?
Contributing to science is no easy endeavor.
Relying on Women, Not Rewarding Them
New study suggests female professors outperform men in terms of service -- to their possible professional detriment.
Authors Can Now Directly Submit to PeerJ from bioRxiv
Preprints are receiving welcome attention these days for being an integral part of research communication. We announce that starting this week researchers will be able to directly submit their manuscripts to PeerJ for peer review from the popular preprint server bioRxiv.
The Perils of Public Outreach
A culture that normalizes hypercritical peers is a problem for scientists who want to reach beyond academe.
Trump and Brexit Opportunities for EU Science
Ten years of Dutch participation in the ERC programme have been very rewarding for the small nation. The Dutch population accounts for only 3% of the total union but it receives an impressive 9% of the ERC grants. Is this a blessing or a curse?
Reviewers Are Blinkered by Bibliometrics
Science panels still rely on poor proxies to judge quality and impact.
We Need to Break Science out of Its Ivory Tower
We can overcome the tyranny of inaccessible science hardware by building a movement for equity in science.
The Digital Industrial Revolution
As machine learning surpasses human intelligence, where does that leave us? This hour, TED speakers explore ideas about the exciting — and terrifying — future of human-robot collaboration.
DFG Statement on the Replicability of Research Results
Contribution to the public debate on the “replication crisis” / “Replicability essentially touches on the quality of research and concerns all of science”.
After Failing to Commercialize, Universities Learn to Set Ideas Free
In Canada, as in many other countries, there is an expectation that universities, the producers of the research, will advance innovation by starting up companies and by filing and licensing patents.
Machine Learning Requires Careful Stewardship Says Royal Society
Urgent consideration needs to be given to the “careful stewardship” needed over the next ten years to ensure that the dividends from machine learning – the form of artificial intelligence that allows machines to learn from data.
Decline and Fall of the Editor
The editors of scholarly communications are under considerable pressure as recent trends in Gold Open Access characterize them as a luxury of the past.
NSF’s Uphill Road to Making Prestigious Early Career Award More Diverse
Applicants for the Waterman will get more time to demonstrate excellence.
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