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Proposed controls on foreign operations in China are a threat to scientific collaboration.
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Explosive intervention set to transform climate change debate
Explosive intervention set to transform climate change debate
Pope Francis squarely blames the burning of fossil fuels for climate change in the leaked draft of his long-awaited environmental encyclical.
Brexit and science: let's not make the same mistake as the Swiss
What lessons does the Swiss ambivalence towards European Union hold for the UK?
Funders must encourage scientists to share
To realize the full potential of large data sets, researchers must agree on better ways to pass data around, says Martin Bobrow.
Wondering if I'm the next Tim Hunt
Would we worry a little more about academic freedom—about his right to hold an unpopular view and still be a member of the academic community?
Retraction of scientific papers for fraud or bias is just the tip of the iceberg
Investigating fraud is hard work, and it is easier for journal editors to ignore the problem and perpetuate the myth that peer review of trial reports ensures their scientific quality.
The web will either kill science journals or save them
Scientific research is awesome-we read it, we build upon it, we innovate with it, and we love it. But the process of getting research from the scientists who spend months or years with their data to the academics who want to read it can be messy.
The Retraction Watch Leaderboard
Who has the most retractions? Here's the Retraction Watch list.
Five companies control more than half of academic publishing
[3]A study at the University of Montreal shows that Reed-Elsevier, Springer, Wiley-Blackwell, Taylor & Francis, and Sage now publish more than 50% of all academic articles. This number has been rising, thanks to mergers and acquisitions, from 30% in 1996 and only 20% in 1973.
Irreproducible biology research costs put at $28 billion per year
Study calculates cost of flawed biomedical research in the US.
Examining the predictive validity of NIH peer review scores
"Retrospective analyses of the correlation between percentile scores from peer review and bibliometric indices of the publications resulting from funded grant applications are not valid tests of the predictive validity of peer review at the NIH."
Call to unlock a treasure chest of hidden research data
"The right to read is the right to mine" : publishers are resisting a change to copyright law that would allow academics to digitally mine published research to help crack intractable problems.
Elsevier cracks down on pirated scientific articles
Elsevier has filed a complaint hoping to shut down websites which are particularly popular in developing nations where access to academic works is relatively expensive.
Researchers protest government reforms
About 3000 Russian scientists rallied in Moscow on Saturday to protest against government reforms of the research system and the imposition of competitive funding, which is not commonly used in the country.
Employee suspended on suspicion of embezzling funds
The EPFL has launched an investigation into an alleged misappropriation of 218'000 CHF from its prestigious [16]Blue Brain Project.
Bourguignon's statement on Hunt's comments
ERC President statement on reported comments by ERC Scientific Council member
Why "science" is one of the most powerful arguments in the pro-EU campaign
The case of Switzerland is a clear example of how a "no" vote could damage UK science.
Dora the brave
The DORA Declaration points out that using the Journal Impact Factor as a proxy measure for the value or quality of specific research and individual scientists leads to biased research assessment. How can we resist misusing metrics?
Killing tenure is academia's point of no return
If faculties across the US don’t take a very public and aggressive stand in defense of their colleagues in Wisconsin, there will be little to stop the process of complete corporatization of higher education.
JournalGuide
JournalGuide brings all sources of journal data together in one place to give authors a simple way to choose the best journal for their research.
An online glossary
This glossary is designed to to be a resource to help inform people about the culture of ‘open scholarship’.
A list of retracted scientific studies
This list recounts some prominent retractions that have occurred since 1980.
Research Hackdays
On June 5 and 6, 2015, Opendata.ch invites researchers and experts, designers, developers, journalists and all people who would like to embrace experimentation with data to participate in our hackdays in Zurich and Lausanne.
EU trims H2020 but spares ERC
Facing pressure from E.U. parliamentarians and scientists, the European Commission agreed to spare the ERC from budget cuts.
OpenCon 2015
On November 14-16, 2015 in Brussels, OpenCon 2015 will feature leading speakers from across the Open Access, Open Education, and Open Data movements.
Global research chiefs seek ways to foster serendipity
Researchers need freedom and the flexibility that leads to serendipity, and they should be encouraged to take risks even if it leads to failure.
Sluggish data sharing hampers reproducibility effort
Initiative trying to validate 50 cancer papers finds difficulty in accessing original study data.
A woman will lead Oxford University for the first time in its 785-year history
Oxford University has picked its next leader — and for the first time in 785 years, it will be led by a woman: Louise Richardson.
Academics get pen pals to spread word on research
Academics at Newcastle University have been matched with members of the public as pen pals.
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