Researchers welcome €5-billion funding boost
Germany's ruling political parties have agreed to plough €5 billion (US$5.4 billion) more into science from 2018 to 2028.
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Societies push back against NIH reproducibility guidelines
'Premature' rules for preclinical research need more flexibility and greater community involvement, say scientific society leaders.
Head of science foundation leaves under a cloud
Head of science foundation leaves under a cloud
Miguel Seabra stepped down from the presidency of Portugal's science funding agency. Although Seabra invoked "personal reasons" for his decision, scientists note that he resigned amid mounting criticism of the agency's policies.
The Leiden Manifesto for research metrics
Use these ten principles to guide research evaluation, urge Diana Hicks, Paul Wouters and colleagues.
Is this the new European Union?
European Investment Bank and European Commission ridicule the European Parliament.
A new chapter in science
A new chapter in science
This transformation will be a huge undertaking for all those involved, and exactly what these new forms of publication will look like none of us yet knows.
The transformative nature of transparency in research funding
A survey of policies at major research funders found that there is room for more transparency in the process of grant review, which would strengthen the case for the efficiency of public spending on research.
Peer review BC (before citations)
In theory, science isn't just self-interested. We're all driven by curiosity and pure motives to strive together to unlock the secrets of the universe and solve problems.But it's for others to determine whether or not we've unlocked or solved anything.
How to comply with funders' open access policies
Navigating the various requirements can be difficult and time consuming for authors. Every funding agency seems to have slightly different specifics to their OA policies and each paper has multiple authors with multiple funding agencies supporting their research.
Awesome public datasets
An awesome list of (large-scale) public datasets on the Internet. (On-going collection)
'Living figures' Make Their Debut
'Living figures' Make Their Debut
Published chart integrates data from outside scientists.
When Open Access is the norm, how do scientists work together online?
The Web was invented to enable scientists to collaborate.
Wanted: staff-scientist positions for postdocs
Nature readers favour creating more secure jobs to fix science’s broken postdoctoral system.
Rule rewrite aims to clean up scientific software
Nature Biotechnology asks peer reviewers to check accessibility of code used in computational studies.
California unveils 'precision-medicine' project
The $3-million state initiative will coordinate with a national effort to promote individualized patient treatment.
Prof, no one is reading you
An average academic journal article is read in its entirety by about 10 people. To shape policy, professors should start penning commentaries in popular media.
A simple way to pay for science research?
The internet has radically changed most forms of communication, government and business – why not science and research funding too?
"In Zukunft erhält bei uns jeder Doktorand einen Vertrag"
How the Max-Planck Society (MPS) wants to improve the condition of PhDs. Interview with Martin Stratmann, President of the MPS.
Leading scientists favour women in tenure-track hiring test
US science and engineering professors preferred female job candidates by two to one.
Is peer review just a crapshoot?
How do reviewer recommendations influence editor decisions? And are Chinese authors treated fairly?
Don't think Open Access is important? It might have prevented much of the Ebola outbreak
Don't think Open Access is important? It might have prevented much of the Ebola outbreak
Open access isn't just some "free culture" refrain. It really matters and can save lives.
Retraction to appear for beleaguered plant researcher Olivier Voinnet
Olivier Voinnet, a researcher at ETH in Zurich is retracting a 2004 paper in The Plant Cell, according to the journal's publisher.
Other shoe drops for MIT cancer researcher Robert Weinberg as Cell retraction appears
Robert Weinberg, a prominent cancer scientist whose papers often notch hundreds or thousands of citations, has lost a fourth paper, this time a 2009 publication in Cell.
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