Leaving the EU would drive away talented foreign scientists
A Brexit would put the UK’s academic success at risk as European research stars go elsewhere.
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Science isn't broken
"If we’re going to rely on science as a means for reaching the truth — and it’s still the best tool we have — it’s important that we understand and respect just how difficult it is to get a rigorous result."
What science can tell us about bad science
What recent research says about fraud, errors, and other dismaying academic problems.
Rise of the citizen scientist
From the oceans to the soil, technology is changing the part that amateurs can play in research. But this greater involvement raises concerns that must be addressed.
Too much of a good thing? An observational study of prolific authors
Institutions and funders should be alert to unfeasibly prolific authors when measuring and creating incentives for researcher productivity.
Increasing disparities between resource inputs and outcomes, as measured by certain health deliverables, in biomedical research
Increasing disparities between resource inputs and outcomes, as measured by certain health deliverables, in biomedical research
Paper showing that increasing research investments, resulting in an increasing knowledge base, have not yielded comparative gains in certain health outcomes over the last five decades. [Closed Access]
Collaboration in action: tracking the signal, tracing the noise
Interdisciplinarity is often framed as an unquestioned good within and beyond the academy, one to be encouraged by funders and research institutions alike. And yet there is little research on how interdisciplinary projects actually work—and do not work—in practice.
Whose brains are draining?
Poor countries often complain that their best minds are draining away—and for the most part they are right. The poorer the country, the larger the proportion of inventors who push off.
Jump paywalls, score academic research for free, share it without being busted
Jump paywalls, score academic research for free, share it without being busted
At Chaos Communication Camp 2015, a researcher explained how to jump paywalls, obtain academic research and freely share that research without getting arrested.
Citations? Great. But have you got the 't factor'?
Proposed Twitter-based altmetric would treat retweets like citations.
Increasing fusions between universities
An increasing number of universities fuse. This is shown by a recent report of the European University Association. [in GERMAN]
Courts refuse scientists' bids to prevent retractions
US judges dismiss injunctions against journals.
Academics seek to challenge 'web of avarice' in scientific publishing
Academics are challenging the control of a select group of publishing houses over scientific journals.
Many hands make light work
Many hands make light work
Open science will be one of the priorities of the Dutch presidency of the European Union in 2016.
Bill Gates and 13 other investors pour $120 million into revolutionary gene-editing startup
Bill Gates and 13 other investors pour $120 million into revolutionary gene-editing startup
[8]Editas, a company started by several gene-editing pioneers, gets new funding to develop treatments for blood cancers, eye diseases, and sickle-cell anemia.
Why an increase in boring study results is an important advance for medicine
Positive results are exciting, but the interest in positive results is skewing what we know about science.
The importance of indifference in scientific research
"Making non-attachment a central part of science education would beat the hell out of ethics classes and regulations about the use of Photoshop in preparing figures."
Valuing research rectitude
Peer review may not spot fraud – so universities need to be vigilant in tackling any wrongdoing among their staff.
Time to fix patents
Today’s patent regime operates in the name of progress. Instead, it sets innovation back. Time to fix it.
Better than riches
The involvement of online discussion sites in the identification of errors, anomalies and worse in the published literature continues to demonstrate the usefulness of post-publication review. It also highlights the ambiguous power of anonymity.
Why it strengthens research?
[21]New analysis of interdisciplinary collaboration across the UK research landscape highlights important questions about how we organise, fund and assess research.
Science hackathons for developing interdisciplinary research and collaborations
Science hackathons for developing interdisciplinary research and collaborations
Science hackathons can help academics, particularly those in the early stage of their careers, to build collaborations and write research proposals.
Research productivity and academics' conceptions of research
This paper asks the question: do people with different levels of research productivity and identification as a researcher think of research differently?
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How many scientists does it take to write a paper?
Modern science is becoming larger-scale and more collaborative.
The future of science will soon be upon us
The European Commission has abandoned consideration of 'Science 2.0', finding it too ambitious.
Publisher problems at Frontiers
[5]Frontiers dismisses 31 of its editors, based on escalated opposition to the publisher’s unique publication model.
Russian computer scientist fired from Dutch university for spying
Russian computer scientist fired from Dutch university for spying
A Russian computer scientist was fired from his job at a university in the Netherlands last year after Dutch intelligence officers warned he was spying for his home country.
New SoftwareX journal integrates software into scientific communication
Open access journal SoftwareX publishes cross-discipline, peer-reviewed software that has been developed during the research process.
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