The Shackles of Scientific Journals
It is common practice for medical researchers to hoard results for months or years until research is published in an academic journal. Even then, the data underpinning a study are often not made public.
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Reflections from the Open Science Conference 2017
A report from the the Open Science Conference in Berlin last week.
Silicon Valley Would Rather Cure Death Than Make Life Worth Living
Silicon Valley is coming for death. But it’s looking in the wrong place.
Authors Can Now Submit a Preprint to BioRxiv While Submitting to eLife
eLife has made it possible to submit the work first to eLife and then post the manuscript directly to bioRxiv.
The Practice of Reproducible Research
Case studies and lessons from the data-intensive science.
A Scholarly Sting Operation Shines a Light on ‘Predatory’ Journals
When Dr. Fraud applied to 360 randomly selected open-access academic journals asking to be an editor, 48 accepted her and four made her editor in chief.
The Readability Of Scientific Texts Is Decreasing Over Time
The trend is indicative of a growing usage of general scientific jargon.
Yves Meyer, Wavelet Expert, Wins Abel Prize
The French mathematician was cited “for his pivotal role in the development of the mathematical theory of wavelets.”
Leaked Elsevier Contract Reveals Pushback
On the day of the hearing between Elsevier and the Dutch universities ScienceGuide has uncovered the contract which publicity was the centre of the dispute. The open access paragraph in the contract reveals how Elsevier plans to fight open access every step of the way.
EU R&D Scoreboard 2016
Monitoring top EU based R&D investing companies benchmarking them with top investors located in other parts of the world.
Potential Predatory and Legitimate Biomedical Journals: Can You Tell the Difference?
Potential Predatory and Legitimate Biomedical Journals: Can You Tell the Difference?
A cross-sectional comparison of characteristics of potential predatory, legitimate open access, and legitimate subscription-based biomedical journals.
AI and Academic Peer-Review Process
AI and Academic Peer-Review Process
Scientists look to AI for help in peer review.
Science Funding Is a Gamble So Let's Give out Money by Lottery
Would it be better to do away with the search for excellence, and to fund science by lottery?
Science Sting Exposes How Corrupt Some Journal Publishers Are
In the latest ploy, a group of researchers in Poland tried to seat a fictional scholar onto the editorial boards of 360 academic publications.
The Verdict Is in from the European Digital City Index
European Digital City Index measures fertility of cities across Europe for innovative digital firms.
A Delicate Balance
Conflicts of interest can send a researcher's reputation crashing — but resolving them needn't be as burdensome as it seems.
Predatory Journals Recruit Fake Editor
An investigation finds that dozens of academic titles offered 'Dr Fraud' — a sham, unqualified scientist — a place on their editorial board.
Are Biomedical Researchers Forgetting Females?
Last year, NIH implemented a policy to push scientists to consider how sex affects biological systems. Critics worry it goes too far.
Changing Latin America’s Culture of Insular Science
The region's scientists lament that their research is too often disconnected from the larger scientific world. In the age of Zika, that needs to change.
Mixed Progress on Digital Transformation
A study analysing digital transformation in the publishing industry found that 25 per cent of publishers see themselves as 'lagging' behind the rest of the industry.
Open-Data Contest Unearths Scientific Gems — and Controversy
Hundreds of researchers pick through clinical trial from a major blood-pressure study, to the dismay of some who collected the information.
How We Edit Science Part 2: Significance Testing, P-Hacking and Peer Review
This is the second part in a series on how we edit science, looking at hypothesis testing, the problem of p-hacking and how the peer review process works.
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