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A new survey shoots down the idea that early-career researchers aresomehow more likely to be digital natives and therefore more apt to conduct computational social science than those whose PhDs were issued more than a decade ago.
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Data sharing rules are vague and institution-specific and permit researchers to erect obstacles that give them effective veto power over use of their data.
When knowledge is uncertain, experts should avoid pressures to simplify their advice. Render decision-makers accountable for decisions, says Andy Stirling.
This article describes some of the ways that identifiers can help to unlock the potential of open research.
To support the long-term growth of eLife we are going to introduce a publication fee of $2500
The open-access journal eLife is dropping one of its most distinctive features: free publishing. From 2017, it will charge a fee of $2,500 for all accepted papers.
Women publish and review less than men in American Geophysical Union journals, but have a higher acceptance rate.
For the head of AstraZeneca’s genomics initiative, the challenge is not just getting the sequences, but in putting them to use — wisely.
Prospective cohort study of unsolicited and unwanted academic invitations.
To stop evidence-based policy losing its clout, researchers need to engage with policymakers and understand their needs, says Bill Colglazier.
More papers correlate with top-cited research for more-established academics, but not newly minted professors, according to a study.
To ease the transition to a future professorship, trainees should spend some of their time on activities other than research, our contributors explain
Peter Gluckman and James Wilsdon: This week’s summit of the International Network for Government Science Advice will take stock of progress in using evidence and expertise to inform policy.
Tensions between Cuba and the United States are easing. But researchers still struggle to join the scientific world.
This study investigates whether bias with single-blind review is greatest in a setting of author or institutional prestige.
Many reviewers feel that some form of public acknowledgment is more valuable than monetary payment when it comes to their services.
We surveyed 2,000 researchers and practitioners about what they want from academic societies; here’s what they told us.
More than 2,000 researchers from a variety of disciplines contributed to a survey conducted by Elsevier and the Publishing Research Consortium.
