Career Success Stories of the European Research Council
As the European Research Council celebrates its 10-year anniversary, three Starting Grant awardees describe their career paths.
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The Science 'Reproducibility Crisis' – and What Can Be Done About It
The Science 'Reproducibility Crisis' – and What Can Be Done About It
We asked three experts for their takes.
How Can We Tackle the Thorny Problem of Fraudulent Research?
Misconduct in academia isn’t rampant but should be taken more seriously: let’s consider independent anti-corruption units
Transparency Upgrade for Nature Journals
The Nature journals continue journey towards greater rigour.
Why I Don’t Sign (Most Of) My Reviews
Why I Don’t Sign (Most Of) My Reviews
A few months ago, Stephen Heard wrote a blog post that prompted us to have a brief twitter discussion on whether we sign our reviews.
Linked Data Notifications
A resource-centric communication protocol for for decentralised article publishing, annotations and peer to peer interactions.
Google’s DeepMind Makes AI Program That Can Learn Like A Human
Program brings artificial general intelligence a step closer by using previous knowledge to solve fresh problems
Scientists Are Conspicuously Missing From Trump's Government
Trump has moved to fill just one of 46 top science posts requiring Senate confirmation.
Connecting Collaborative Authoring to Peer Review
Building a coherent collaboration environment that facilitates scholarly communication workflows of social scientists in the roles of authors, reviewers, editors and readers.
Promoting Your Articles to Increase Your Digital Identity and Research Impact
Ten suggestions to help increase your reach and impact according to ScienceOpen.
All Biology Is Computational Biology
Computational thinking and techniques are so central to the quest of understanding life that today all biology is computational biology.
White Paper Calls for 21st Century Solution to Serials Crisis
Democratization of journal publishing: the key to lowering journal costs and facilitating Open Access.
From Ideas to Action: Discussion on How to Write a Grant Proposal
From ideas to action: discussion on how to write a grant proposal
Most of the Time, Innovators Don't Move Fast and Break Things
If we abandon the cult of the Great White Innovator, we will understand the history of technology in a much deeper way.
European Open Science Cloud Pilot Project @eoscpilot
The EOSCpilot project will support the first phase in the development of the European Open Science Cloud.
The Connected Culture of Collaboration #OverleafReport
New report looks at real-time global research collaboration for the first time, uncovering a new picture of collaborative research.
The Selfish Scientist’s Guide to Preprint Posting
Preprint posting is the right thing to do for science and society. It enables us to share our results earlier, speeding up the pace of science.
Predatory Journals: Exposing the Flaws in Academic Research
The constant demand for predatory journals has now exposed significant flaws in the academic research establishment that questions the integrity of the research system.
Google's DeepMind Is in Talks with National Grid to Apply AI to Energy
The Google-owned star British AI company DeepMind is in talks with the National Grid about a potential partnership.
Access, Ethics and Piracy
The efficacy and ethics of piracy, placing ‘guerrilla open access’ within a longer history of piracy and access to knowledge.
Duration and Quality of the Peer Review Process: The Author's Perspective
Duration and Quality of the Peer Review Process: The Author's Perspective
An analysis of data from 3500 review experiences submitted by authors to the SciRev.sc website.
Tim Berners-Lee: I Invented the Web. Here Are 3 Things We Need to Change to Save It
It has taken all of us to build the web we have, and now it is up to all of us to build the web we want – for everyone
Inefficient Scientific Peer Review Process Takes 4 Months on Average
Inefficient Scientific Peer Review Process Takes 4 Months on Average
Academics often complain about how long it takes for a paper to undergo peer reveiw. A publication reveals several striking observations based on these experiences.
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