Deliver Us from Rankers
James Wilsdon feels that a new university ranking based on contributions to society is too little, too late.
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BethAnn McLaughlin: 'Too Many Women in Science Have to Run the Gauntlet of Abuse and Leave'
BethAnn McLaughlin: 'Too Many Women in Science Have to Run the Gauntlet of Abuse and Leave'
The neuroscientist talks about her website to expose sexual 'harassholes' in science
Normalizing Data (sharing)
Introducing Five Essential Factors, our latest white paper. Over the past two years, we've heard from more than 11,000 researchers about their views on data sharing, what they do in practice and the challenges they face. Building on that understanding, today we have released a whitepaper which proposes five key factors to make data management and sharing "business as usual" for all researchers.
Making Progress Towards Gender Parity and Increased Diversity
Many previous attempts at achieving gender parity - like special awards for women - are decried as tokenism, and seem unlikely to induce sustained and systemic change. Given this mindset, our research team decided to take a slightly different approach - with promising results.
Shell Quits Trade Group over Climate-Change Positions
Shell, citing its positions on climate change, quits an industry trade group. But critics say the oil giant should leave other trade groups as well. Shell said it used four markers in evaluating its trade group memberships: support for the Paris climate agreement, support for carbon taxes, policies encouraging low-carbon technologies and a continuing role for natural gas, which now makes up more than half of Shell’s business.
6 Ways to Make Your Science Advocacy Effective at the State and Local Levels
SPARC Landscape Analysis - The Changing Academic Publishing Industry
This landscape analysis studies the growing trend of commercial acquisition of critical research infrastructure. It intends to provide a comprehensive look at the current players in this arena, their strategies and potential actions. They conclude that key stakeholders such as libraries must be able to prioritize their own infrastructure funding.
JetFighter: Towards Figure Accuracy and Accessibility
JetFighter screens preprints to improve data representation and colour-blind accessibility.
Elsevier Chief: End Citation Fixation to Halt 'salami Publishing'
YS Chi claims publisher's shift to recognise research quality over quantity left a void that has been filled by others happy to publish insubstantial work
Memorial Sloan Kettering Leaders Violated Conflict-of-Interest Rules, Report Finds
Memorial Sloan Kettering Leaders Violated Conflict-of-Interest Rules, Report Finds
A policy review follows months of turmoil at the cancer center, which pledged an overhaul, including new rules on public disclosure and limits on outside profits.
How to Counter 'Manels' and Make Scientific Meetings More Inclusive
Atmospheric scientist Angie Pendergrass spoke to Nature about a newly-published guide to broadening participation in conferences.
Gender Bias From A Woman In Science
If sexual harassment, misconduct, and retaliation are the firing squads that assassinate individual careers, then implicit bias is the lead in the water that poisons the entire town.
Most European Universities Failing to Monitor Open Access Costs
Survey finds that European institutions have open access policies in place - but far fewer have specific targets systems to check their progress.
College Cyber-defences Hacked in Two Hours
Sensitive research and personal data is obtained in test cyber-attacks on UK universities.
The Two-Way Street of Open Access Journal Publishing: Flip It and Reverse It
The Two-Way Street of Open Access Journal Publishing: Flip It and Reverse It
As Open access is often perceived as the end goal of scholarly publishing, much research has focused on flipping subscription journals to an OA model. Focusing on what can happen after the presumed finish line, this study identifies journals that have converted from OA to a subscription model, and places these “reverse flips” within the greater context of scholarly publishing.
'Predatory' Scientific Publisher Is Hit With a $50 Million Judgment
The Federal Trade Commission accused Omics International, a publisher in India, of operating hundreds of fake research journals with deceptive business practices.
How Digital Technologies Can Improve Scientific Research: The Case of Peer Review
Visible progress has been made in publishing - researchers are no longer bound by the limits of geography or the contents of their local library - but is the potential being truly maximised?
Ten Principles for Machine-Actionable Data Management Plans
Data management plans can have thematic, machine-actionable richness with added value for all stakeholders: researchers, funders, repository managers, research administrators, data librarians, and others.
Highly Profitable Medical Journal Says Open Access Publishing Has Failed. Right.
The New England Journal of Medicine just published an editorial saying open access publishing isn't necessary, because they already make most of their content free. What are they so worried about?
National Academy of Sciences Will Vote on Ejecting Sexual Harassers
The U.S. National Academy of Sciences in Washington, D.C., will ask its members this month to change the organization’s bylaws to allow proven sexual harassers and those guilty of other misconduct to be ejected from their ranks.
Ten Reasons to Move to Germany As a Researcher
Why Germany is becoming a career destination for many researchers.
Netflix's 'Our Planet' Says What Other Nature Series Have Omitted
In a groundbreaking move, the beautiful but uncomfortable documentary forces viewers to acknowledge their own complicity in the decline of nature.
Taking Knowledge Preservation to the Next Level: New Partnership Between Protocols.io, Addgene, PLOS
Taking Knowledge Preservation to the Next Level: New Partnership Between Protocols.io, Addgene, PLOS
Digital information carries a significant risk of disappearing, as one of the “fathers of the Internet” Vint Cerf has been warning.
Insights into the Economy of Open Scholarship: A Look into the Open Library of Humanities
Insights into the Economy of Open Scholarship: A Look into the Open Library of Humanities
Martin Paul Eve, Co-director and Co-founder the Open Library of Humanities was interviewed as part of the Insights into the Economy of Open Scholarship collection of interviews.
11 Ways to Avert a Data-storage Disaster
Hard-drive failures are inevitable, but data loss doesn't have to be.
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