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Nope! 8 Rejected Papers That Won the Nobel Prize
Nobel prize winning ideas are not always accepted by the community. By definition, they are paradigm shifting, revolutionary.
UK guarantees EU funding beyond leaving the EU
Chancellor Philip Hammond guarantees EU funding beyond date UK leaves the EU. British businesses and universities will have certainty over future funding and should continue to bid for competitive EU funds while the UK remains a member of the EU.
Does high impact factor successfully predict future citations? An analysis using Peirce’s measure
Does high impact factor successfully predict future citations? An analysis using Peirce’s measure
It is clear that the journal impact factor is not effective in predicting future citations of successful authors.
Finalist for the Open Science Prize
The OpenTrialsFDA team was selected as a finalist for the Open Science Prize.
Creation of a Central Preprint Service for the Life Sciences
At the ASAPbio Funders’ Workshop (May 24, 2016, NIH), representatives from 16 funding agencies requested that ASAPbio “develop a proposal describing the governance, infrastructure and standards desired for a preprint service that represents the views of the broadest number of stakeholders.” We are now holding a Technical Workshop to advise on the infrastructure and standards for a Central Service (CS) for preprints. ASAPbio will integrate the output of the meeting and community and stakeholder feedback into a proposal to funding agencies this fall. The funders may issue a formal RFA to which any interested parties could apply for funding.
Assuring the integrity of science
Advancements in the research integrity project launched in 2011.
Chemists to get preprint server of their own
American Chemical Society to lead effort to match other disciplines
What it costs to publish in eLife
We present a deeper view of our 2015 financials, covering publishing and non-publishing expenses. As part of our ambition to change how science publishing works, especially among highly selective journals, we hope that being transparent about our costs will help to set a future course for research communication that is efficient and sustainable.
Open Source Won. So, Now What?
Open source now runs the world. But it still faces problems
How to Bring Science Publishing into the 21st Century
Authorea, a new collaborative tool, could revolutionize scientific authorship
NEJM doubles down on resistance to data sharing
NEJM doubles down on resistance to data sharing
An editorial argues that data sharing can cripple scientific progress and harm patients, but there are myriad flaws with that reasoning.
How Scientific Success in Physics Depends on Network Positions
Utilizing 250,000 papers from ArXiv.org we construct large coauthorship networks to investigate how individual network positions influence scientific success. Surprisingly, inter(sub)disciplinary collaborations decrease the probability of getting a paper published in specialized journals for almost all positions.
A study of institutional spending on open access publication fees in Germany
A study of institutional spending on open access publication fees in Germany
How much German universities and research organisations spent on open access publication fees.
Digital Science White Paper
Through highlighting six recent advances in research infrastructure, this whitepaper seeks to recast how we think about metadata - not as a series of static records, but as objects that move between systems and organizations.
ChemRxiv: A preprint server to promote early research sharing
American Chemical Society announces intention to establish “ChemRxiv” preprint server to promote early research sharing
World Academic Summit 2016
LinkedIn co-founder, a Nobel laureate and more than 10 university presidents among high-profile speakers at Times Higher Education’s flagship event.
Replications, ridicule and a recluse
As failures to replicate results using the CRISPR alternative stack up, a quiet scientist stands by his claims.
Confirming What We Already Knew About Open Access
A new study from the University of California system confirms much of what we already knew about open access, particularly the increased financial burden it places on productive universities.
Nature Index Institution outputs
The Nature Index tracks the affiliations of high-quality scientific articles. Updated monthly, the Nature Index presents research outputs by institution and country. Use the Nature Index to interrogate publication patterns and to benchmark research performance.
Supporting Sci-Hub vs. Explaining Sci-Hub
Association of American Publishers complains about Cal State librarian who studies popularity of pirated scientific papers. Cal State defends its librarian.
The Replication Crisis
Stephanie Wykstra Ivan Oransky Stuart Buck Brian Nosek Julia Galef (Moderator) How can we produce research findings that are both useful and robust?
Iran executes nuclear scientist who returned to country from US
Iranian judiciary confirms hanging of Shahram Amiri who it claims was a spy who had given away state secrets
Journal-Flipping
Harvard Library publishes report on converting subscription journals to open access.
Researchers or Corporate Allies? Think Tanks Blur the Line
Think tanks are seen as independent, but their scholars often push donors’ agendas, amplifying a culture of corporate influence in Washington.
Yes, Serious Academics Should Absolutely Use Social Media
Like the phone, typewriter, or parchment and ink, social media is a tool for communicating with our fellow humans. It’s the best we’ve ever had, in fact.
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