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Plan U
Plan U: A proposal to achieve universal access to scientific and medical research via funder preprint mandates.
Science Ranks Grow Thin in Trump Administration
Hundreds of scientists across the federal government have been forced out, sidelined or muted since President Trump took office.
How Innovation Can Solve Society's Problems
When you think of innovation, you also may think of patents and profits. But two Swiss researchers argue that we should be focusing more on people and places.
Journal-Flipping Public Consultation
Converting Scholarly Journals to Open Access: A Review of Approaches and Experiences
Blame bad incentives for bad science
These days, a scientist has to publish a steady stream of research articles to be “successful.” But two new studies argue that that kind of pressure promotes sloppy science at the expense of careful work.
Purposes of Peer Review: A Qualitative Study of Stakeholder Expectations and Perceptions
Purposes of Peer Review: A Qualitative Study of Stakeholder Expectations and Perceptions
Authors, editors and publishers differ in their understanding of and the value they attach to the purposes of peer review.
When Science Becomes Too Easy
Science popularization inclines laypeople to underrate their dependence on experts.
White House Prepares to Scrutinize Intelligence Agencies’ Finding That Climate Change Threatens National Security
White House Prepares to Scrutinize Intelligence Agencies’ Finding That Climate Change Threatens National Security
The White House is working to assemble a panel to assess whether climate change poses a national security threat, according to documents obtained by The Washington Post, a conclusion that federal intelligence agencies have affirmed several times since President Trump took office.
2°C: Beyond the Limit
New Jersey may seem an unlikely place to measure climate change, but it is one of the fastest-warming states in the nation. Its average temperature has climbed by close to 2 degrees Celsius since 1895 — double the average for the Lower 48 states.
Prestigious Science Journals Struggle to Reach Even Average Reliability
Prestigious Science Journals Struggle to Reach Even Average Reliability
Data from several lines of evidence suggest that the methodological quality of scientific experiments does not increase with increasing rank of the journal.
A New Form of Stem-Cell Engineering Raises Ethical Questions
Researchers at Harvard Medical School said it was time to ponder a startling new prospect: synthetic embryos.
Questionable and Open Research Practices in Education Research
Discussions of how to improve research quality are predominant in a number of fields, including education. But how prevalent are the use of problematic practices and the improved practices meant to counter them?
We’re Incentivizing Bad Science
Current research trends resemble the early 21st century’s financial bubble. Let’s imagine what might happen if the rules of professional science evolved such that scientists were incentivized to publish as many papers as they could and if those who published many papers of poor scientific rigor were rewarded over those who published fewer papers of higher rigor?
Preregistration is redundant, at best
There is little reason to expect that preregistration will spontaneously help researchers to develop better theories (and, hence, better methods and analyses).
What Does It Mean to Share 'Raw Data'?
It turns out that defining "raw" is a little trickier than it might seem.
Good scientist or successful academic? You can't be both
Reflecting on the plight of the early career scholar prompts Xenia Schmalz to draw up a research manifesto.
Teach Young Scientists the Importance of Societal Impact for Research
Societal impact should be rated more highly in scientific publishing and research evaluation. To this end, we suggest that ways to achieve it should be introduced as an important component of curricula at higher-education institutions.
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