The evolving relationship between business and science
The interface between science and business is where innovation is brought to life, but do the two fields always get along?
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Opening the Black Box of Scholarly Communication Funding
Obtaining a more joined up picture of financial flows is vital as a means for researchers, institutions and others to understand and shape changes to the sociotechnical systems that underpin scholarly communication.
Brandon Stell Is the Vigilante of Scientific Publishing
The rationale is simple: More anonymity means more scrutiny for published papers, and more scrutiny means more errors are caught.
‘If America Wants to Kill Science, It’s on Its Way’
A. Hope Jahren on women, research, and life in the lab.
The correlation between editorial delay and the ratio of highly cited papers
The correlation between editorial delay and the ratio of highly cited papers
Ideally, in a reviewing process, it is generally easier for referees to make faster and more reliable decisions for high quality papers, which ideally and on average will later attract more citations. Therefore, it is possible that the editorial delay time—the time between dates of submission and acceptance or publication—is correlated to the number of received citations, as has been weakly confirmed by previous studies.
How one lab challenged a grant rejection and won €5 million
A British scientist successfully appealed against an unfavourable grant review — but the road to victory can be paved with challenges.
OpenTrials
Towards a collaborative open database of all available information on all clinical trials
A new network for science advice in Africa
There are plenty of reasons to be upbeat about the prospects for science and research across Africa. The next challenge is to bring more of that evidence and expertise into decision making.
Biologists start sharing unpublished work—oh, the horror!
Bemused physicists watch biologists start biorXiv, party likes it's 1991.
Creating a more inclusive academy
Although there has been a welcome increase in discussion about gender disparities in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM), broad participation of women from all backgrounds in academic STEM will not be achieved until institutions are transformed.
Do academic social networks share academics’ interests?
David Matthews examines the approach of ResearchGate, Academia.edu and Mendeley to profit, user data and open access publishing
Top Tips to Make Your Research Irreproducible
It is an unfortunate convention of science that research should pretend to be reproducible; our top tips will help you mitigate this fussy conventionality, enabling you to enthusiastically showcase your irreproducible work.
A faked, retracted study of changing people's minds on gay marriage turns out to have been right
A faked, retracted study of changing people's minds on gay marriage turns out to have been right
A famous faked study gets proved right—by the people who unmasked it in the first place.
How to be an Outstanding Proposal Writer
Key areas that you’ll need to work on to be an outstanding proposal writer.
Last man in the university
Control, surveillance and thought manipulation: there is an undercurrent of 1984 in today’s academy, doublethinks Eric Blair
Taking peer review seriously | EMBO Reports
Taking peer review seriously | EMBO Reports
The Norwegian Approach to Open Science, Impact and Evaluation
Speech by Bjørn Haugstads, State Secretary to the Norwegian Minister of Education and Research
What if you could peer review the arXiv?
What if you could peer review the arXiv?
What if I told you that you don't need journals to do peer review?
EU action plan for Open Science
The Amsterdam Call for Action on Open Science is the key outcome of the two-day conference ‘Open Science.
The scientific impact of Brexit: it's complicated
Is UK science better off in or out of the EU? The arguments are complex and only partially evidence-based. And that’s not surprising.
Character traits: Scientific virtue
Character traits: Scientific virtue
Elite scientists generally agree on what character traits make for excellent science.
Why Is It So Expensive to Read Academic Research?
Content piracy may be illegal, but price gouging is at least as despicable.
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