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Meta-Research: Gender Inequalities Among Authors Who Contributed Equally

Meta-Research: Gender Inequalities Among Authors Who Contributed Equally

An analysis of papers in which two or more authors shared first-author position found that male authors were more likely than female authors to appear first in the author list.

Leveraging Concepts in Open Access Publications

Leveraging Concepts in Open Access Publications

This paper addresses the integration of a Named Entity Recognition and Disambiguation (NERD) service within a group of open access (OA) publishing digital platforms and considers its potential impact on both research and scholarly publishing.

We Won't Know if Screen Time is a Hazard Until Facebook Comes Clean

We Won't Know if Screen Time is a Hazard Until Facebook Comes Clean

Facebook's research app shows big tech can't be trusted to conduct research on its users. To get real answers about how tech impacts us, social media firms need to give their data to external scientists.

Evidence Vs Democracy: What Are We Doing to Bridge the Divide?

Evidence Vs Democracy: What Are We Doing to Bridge the Divide?

The ecidence movmeent must respond to the ‘politics of distrust’. We cannot carry on regardless. 

ETH Zurich Promotes Data Science Research

ETH Zurich Promotes Data Science Research

Intelligent data science approaches are changing science, the economy and society. In a new interdisciplinary initiative, ETH researchers from the fields of mathematics, computer science and information technology are therefore increasingly dedicating themselves to the foundations of data science.

Good Practice Principles for Scholarly Communication Services

Good Practice Principles for Scholarly Communication Services

Science and scholarship are critical to improving our lives and solving the world’s most intractable problems. The communication of research, a vital step in the research process, should be efficient, effective and fulfill the core values of scholarship.

A Response to UCL's "Response to Plan S"

A Response to UCL's "Response to Plan S"

A response from Robert Kiley, Head of Open Research at the Wellcome Trust, to UCL’s “Response to Plan S”.

Germs in Your Gut Are Talking to Your Brain. Scientists Want to Know What They're Saying.

Germs in Your Gut Are Talking to Your Brain. Scientists Want to Know What They're Saying.

The body's microbial community may influence the brain and behavior, perhaps even playing a role in dementia, autism and other disorders.

Extreme Chemistry: Experiments at the Edge of the Periodic Table

Extreme Chemistry: Experiments at the Edge of the Periodic Table

As the chase for new elements slows, scientists focus on deepening their understanding of the superheavy ones they already know.

PRESS RELEASE: Researchers Respond to Implementation of Plan S | Eurodoc

PRESS RELEASE: Researchers Respond to Implementation of Plan S | Eurodoc

Read the joint response to the implementation guidance forPlan S as issued by three organisations representing early-career and senior researchers in Europe.

Celebrate the Women Behind the Periodic Table

Celebrate the Women Behind the Periodic Table

Brigitte Van Tiggelen and Annette Lykknes spotlight female researchers who discovered elements and their properties.

FinELib's Negotiations with Taylor & Francis Hit a Wall - FinELib

FinELib's Negotiations with Taylor & Francis Hit a Wall - FinELib

Negotiations between the FinELib consortium and Taylor & Francis ended with no positive results. The end of the negotiations means that access to Taylor & Francis journals will end on 1 February 2019.

Report Results from Clinical Trials or Be Called to UK Parliament to Explain Why Not

Report Results from Clinical Trials or Be Called to UK Parliament to Explain Why Not

UK universities could be brought in front of the House of Commons Science and Technology Committee if they fail to improve the reporting of clinical trials. 

Pharmaceutical Companies Follow Public Funders of Research in Efforts to Reform Science Publishing

Pharmaceutical Companies Follow Public Funders of Research in Efforts to Reform Science Publishing

Open Pharma, which works with pharma to drive fast and transparent medical publishing, is encouraging pharmaceutical companies to use their influence more.

AmeliCA Vs Plan S: Same Target, Two Different Strategies to Achieve Open Access

AmeliCA Vs Plan S: Same Target, Two Different Strategies to Achieve Open Access

AmeliCA is a multi-institutional community-driven initiative supported by UNESCO that arises in response to the international, regional, national and institutional contexts of Open Access, which seeks a collaborative, sustainable, protected and non-commercial solution for Open Knowledge in Latin America and the Global South.

The Hidden Automation Agenda of the Davos Elite

The Hidden Automation Agenda of the Davos Elite

In public, executives wring their hands over automation's negative consequences for workers. In private, they talk about how they are racing to automate.

6 Things We Learned About the Environment at Davos 2019

6 Things We Learned About the Environment at Davos 2019

From the moment Sir David Attenborough took to the stage on day one of the meeting and declared, 'the Garden of Eden is no more', environmental issues topped the Agenda in Davos. Here are six moments that stood out.

Plan S Falls Short for Society Publishers - and for the Researchers They Serve

Plan S Falls Short for Society Publishers - and for the Researchers They Serve

The proposal known as Plan S has the admirable aim of achieving full OA across a wide swath of journal publications. But the path currently suggested has serious drawbacks that could jeopardize nonprofit science societies.

SPIRIT - Swiss Programme for International Research by Scientific Investigation Teams

SPIRIT - Swiss Programme for International Research by Scientific Investigation Teams

The Swiss Programme for International Research by Scientific Investigation Teams promotes team-oriented cross-border research.

What's in a Number? How (and Why) Measuring Research Productivity in Different Ways Changes the Gender Gap

What's in a Number? How (and Why) Measuring Research Productivity in Different Ways Changes the Gender Gap

The gender gap in research productivity varies widely from study to study. This paper looks at how (and why) measuring productivity in different ways provides different pictures of the gender gap.