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Embrace preprints and set biomedical information free
Preprints uploaded to a public server without formal review can speed up the sharing of biomedical information without harming the scientific process.
Employment crisis for new Ph.D.s is an illusion
NSF surveys generate what seem to be conflicting data on the status of those entering the scientific job market
Plan to make programming mandatory at schools a step to foster creativity
It is essential that computer programming to be taught in schools will lead to improving children’s ability to think logically and creatively.
Tim Berners-Lee on the Future of Book Publishing
How might Web technology change the publishing industry? Ask the inventor of the World Wide Web.
Google launches Science Journal to turn your phone into a research lab
Google believes there's a scientist in all of us, so it's launching a new app that turns your phone into a powerful little research lab.
Mozilla Science Global Sprint 2016
A two-day sprint event bringing together researchers, coders, librarians and the public from around the globe.
Where do DOI clicks come from?
As part of our Event Data work we’ve been investigating where DOI resolutions come from.
Elsevier denies it will force SSRN users on to other services
Purchase of research repository has horrified open access advocates who fear acquisition marks attempt to maintain control over publishing
Open medicine
Governments need to tighten regulation if the sharing of clinical-trial data is to succeed.
Research groups going to war again over small business funding
Academic and entrepreneurial communities battle over bills to boost the research set-aside for SBIR
What Elsevier’s purchase of SSRN also means
SSRN’s data actually represents the world of social science scholarship reasonably well.
Financial incentives could well make teaching sexy again
Has teaching been the poor cousin of research for too long?
Scientific sceptics hit back after rebuke
A science writer challenges the sceptics community to move beyond tackling just ‘easy’ issues.
Twelve principles for open innovation 2.0
Evolve governance structures, practices and metrics to accelerate innovation in an era of digital connectivity, writes Martin Curley.
SSRN has been captured by the enemy of open knowledge
Elsevier just bought SSRN. Here’s why you should be upset, and what we can do about it.
Social-sciences preprint server snapped up by publishing giant Elsevier
The Social Science Research Network says that it will continue to offer free submissions and downloads under its new owner.
Around 40% of Swiss research is open access
According to the SNSF, 40% of scientific publications produced with the support of public funding are openly accessible, which makes Switzerland “progressive” compared with other countries.
5 billion reasons for open access
The world currently spends about €7.6 billion per year on subscriptions to academic journals according to one report. If all journal articles in the world were published in journals like PLOS One, we would spend €2.6 billion on publishing. Compared with today’s expenditures, humanity would save €5 billion every year.
Writing book reviews during your PhD
Steph Wright wonders if it is better to speak your mind or to hold your tongue
Why Is it So Hard to Talk About, and Where are the Authors?
Why is it so frustrating and difficult to talk about scholarly-communication reform, and why do those conversations seem to involve virtually all members of the scholcomm ecosystem?
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