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In survey, most give thumbs-up to pirated papers
Survey responses reveal that beyond lack of journal access, convenience and antipathy toward publishers are key motivations for turning to paper repository
For science to improve, let’s put the right incentives on offer
The current incentives structure — mostly based on publishing in prestigious journals — discourages sharing, replication, and, some argue, careful science.
Where Can a Ph.D. Take You? Back to School, Usually
A study released on Thursday found that many Ph.D. students pursue post-docs as a “default” option after graduate school, or as part of a “holding pattern” until the job they want is available.
Why pursue the postdoc path?
Complex, diverse rationales require nuanced policies: evidence suggests a need for increased attention to career planning among students, their mentors, graduate schools, and funders
Personalized health in the digital age
The symposium “Personalized Health in the Digitial Age” brings together some of the world's thought leaders in the ongoing revolution in personalized and digital health.
Crossref to accept preprints in change to long-standing policy
Crossref will enable members to register preprints in order to clarify the scholarly citation record and better support the changing publishing models of its members.
Gravitational wave scientists win $3m Special Breakthrough Prize
Following their February breakthrough, Kip Thorne, Rainer Weiss, Ronald Drever and nearly 1,000 LIGO scientists will share the Silicon Valley-backed prize.
Q&A: Helga Nowotny
Austrian social scientist Helga Nowotny was president of the European Research Council between 2010 and 2013. Now a professor emerita of ETH Zurich and author of The Cunning of Uncertainty (Polity, 2015), Nowotny discusses the growing pressure to capitalize on academic research, and how countries can get it right in the absence of a universal recipe.
Elsevier Complaint Shuts Down Sci-Hub Domain Name
Sci-Hub is facing millions of dollars in damages in a lawsuit filed by Elsevier, one of the largest academic publishers. As a result of the legal battle the site just lost one of its latest domain names. However, the site has no intentions of backing down, and will continue its fight to keep access to scientific knowledge free and open.
Engagement upgrade
The value that Australia places on publication quality over quantity has elevated it into the top echelon of science. Can it now improve its flagging track record in commercialization?
World Reputation Rankings 2016
The opinions of others are key to creating or damaging an institution's reputation
Academic return
A broader understanding of 'impact' could help governments to measure the diverse benefits of their investment in research.
Nine years of censorship
Canadian scientists are now allowed to speak out about their work — and the government policy that had restricted communications.
Set up a public registry of competing interests
The problem of bias in published research must be tackled in a consistent and comprehensive fashion, says Adam G. Dunn.
We need to do more for women in science
The scientific community must do a better job confronting the issues facing women in science, our author writes
Research Integrity and Peer Review
Launch of Research Integrity and Peer Review, a new open-access journal that will provide a home to research on ethics, reporting, and evaluation of research.
Multidisciplinary research ‘career suicide’ for junior academics
However, director of the Oxford Martin School says 'disciplinary silos' were one factor contributing to 2008 financial crisis
How regular people can help shape science
Not a scientist? As David Lang shows, you can still play a meaningful role in solving science’s hardest problems.
While quantity of research is the name of the game, women are left on the sidelines
While quantity of research is the name of the game, women are left on the sidelines
As long men can score points for producing mountains of output, women will never get a fair shot at academic promotion
Image Manipulation: Cleaning Up the Scholarly Record
After hundreds of manipulated images were detected across 40 scientific journals, the real work will be to correct the scientific record.
Reimagining the Paper
Breaking down lengthy, narrative-driven biomedical articles into brief reports on singular observations or experiments could increase reproducibility and accessibility in the literature.
Are we seeing the rise of the Trump Academic?
We can all recognise the ambitious researcher at the conference who is anxious to advertise their own work while affecting interest in the keynote speaker’s presentation. It resonates with my current work on academic self-promotion via university profile pages. And I start to wonder, is a new academic habitus is beginning to emerge?
The Zombie Literature
Retractions are on the rise. But reams of flawed research papers persist in the scientific literature. Is it time to change the way papers are published?
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