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Science Should be Open to all Not Behind Paywalls
Interview with Alexandra Elbakyan, creator of the site Sci-Hub.
Science Funding Crisis Fuels Brain Drain
Low salaries, excessive bureaucracy and poorly defined research policies add to region’s woes.
"Writing Sprints" Can Facilitate Collaboration and Encourage New Ways of Thinking About Academic Writing
"Writing Sprints" Can Facilitate Collaboration and Encourage New Ways of Thinking About Academic Writing
A time-limited exercise in which academics from many disciplines and from all over the world were brought together virtually to produce an academic article.
Bad Publishing and Bullied into Bad Science
The recent long read about scientific publishing in the Guardian is fantastic. It depicts a very telling story of the research publishing landscape.
International Conference on Research for Development
5–8 September 2017, Bern, Switzerland
'Exaggerations' Threaten Public Trust in Science
David Spiegelhalter, president of Royal Statistical Society, says sloppy attitude to statistics leads to misleading claims and draws parallels to rise of fake news
Elsevier Victory over Sci-Hub ‘Shows Research Is Corporate Asset’
Stanford professor says $15 million lawsuit victory will not engender sympathy for publishing giant
Journal Science Releases Guidelines for Publishing Scientific Studies
The journal published guidelines on Thursday aimed at reducing scientific misconduct and at making studies easier to check and replicate.
We Should Make It Easy for People to Bring Great Tech Ideas to Market—but We're Doing the Opposite
We Should Make It Easy for People to Bring Great Tech Ideas to Market—but We're Doing the Opposite
The world’s most potent technologists are stranded in today’s innovation ecosystem.
Open Science Can Save the Planet
Frontiers’ CEO, Kamila Markram, makes a case for why open science is the key to innovation, economic growth and solutions to a sustainable future.
Can the Journal Impact Factor Be Used as a Criterion for the Selection of Junior Researchers?
My Lessons in Mentorship
When I started formally mentoring undergraduate and graduate students almost 2 years ago, I was excited about the opportunity to help young scientists grow, but I was also nervous about the responsibility.
Emergent and Future Innovations in Peer Review
The history and present diversity of peer review practices.
Cancer Studies Pass Reproducibility Test
Project probing whether high-impact papers can be replicated releases latest results
Decision by Europe’s Top Court Alarms Vaccine Experts
Patients can plead their case for damages even in the absence of scientific evidence, European Court of Justice rules
Understanding the (Inter)disciplinary and Institutional Diversity of Citizen Science
Understanding the (Inter)disciplinary and Institutional Diversity of Citizen Science
A survey of current practice in Germany and Austria
'Of All the Categories of Fake News, Health News Is the Worst'
Misinformation about well-being is particularly rife, and particularly dangerous.
The Secrets of a Top Salary in Science
The highest-earning academics aren’t necessarily those who do the most research.
The Scholarly Commons
How to make research open and participatory for anyone, anywhere.
Evidence-Informed Policy Making
Feeding high-quality evidence into policy making remains difficult, but is essential for improving public interventions.