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The scientist's dilemma: can you be a parent, a partner, a friend #AndAScientist?
Ban academics talking to ministers? We should train them to do it
Ben Goldacre on why a ban on researchers speaking to politicians and policymakers fails the taxpayers who fund them
The 20 best science images of the year?
From multicoloured scans of the human body, to vivid photos of creatures up close - the finalists of the annual Wellcome Image Awards.
A Multi-dimensional Investigation of the Effects of Publication Retraction on Scholarly Impact
A Multi-dimensional Investigation of the Effects of Publication Retraction on Scholarly Impact
How do retractions influence the scholarly impact of retracted papers, authors, and institutions; and how does this influence propagate to the wider academic community through scholarly associations?
Publish ideas from scholarly articles early, event told
Jisc Digifest hears openness could bring benefits, but some cite plagiarism risks
Lab life: Lone-parent scientist : Naturejobs
Limited institutional resources mean that single parents often need a network of support to further their scientific careers.
The scientist's dilemma: can you be a parent, a partner, a friend #AndAScientist?
The Royal Society’s new campaign highlights the importance of life outside the laboratory
Saving science from the scientists
Is science quite as scientific as it's supposed to be? After years of covering science in the news, Alok Jha began to wonder whether science is as rigorous as it should be.
The open research value proposition: How sharing can help researchers succeed
The open research value proposition: How sharing can help researchers succeed
A review on the open citation advantage, media attention for publicly available research, collaborative possibilities, and special funding opportunities to show how open practices can give researchers a competitive advantage.
Statisticians issue warning over misuse of P-values
Policy statement aims to halt missteps in the quest for certainty: the misuse of the P value is contributing to the number of research findings that cannot be reproduced warns the American Statistical Association.
It’s time for positive action on negative results
Perspectives: Structural biologist suggests that chemists can help redefine good research behavior by telling the whole story
Junior biomedical scientists and preprints
Researchers, publishers and representatives of funding agencies gathered at ASAPBio to discuss the use of preprint publications in biology. It became clear through the discussion on Twitter with #ASAPBio that many were unclear as to the purpose of the meeting, how preprints could help or hinder junior scientists, or even what preprints are.
Accounting for Impact? How the Impact Factor is shaping research and what this means for knowledge production.
Accounting for Impact? How the Impact Factor is shaping research and what this means for knowledge production.
Why does the impact factor continue to play such a consequential role in academia? Alex Rushforth and Sarah de Rijcke look at how considerations of the metric enter in from early stages of research…
Calculus Is So Last Century
Tianhui Michael Li and Allison Bishop write about the overemphasis on calculus in high school and college math courses. Statistics, linear algebra and algorithmic thinking are more valuable in the digital age.
Science is a major plank in China’s new spending plan
New Chinese 5-year plan promises 2.5% R&D:GDP ratio by 2020, up from 2.05% in 2014.
A Whole Field of Psychology Research May Be Bunk. Scientists Should Be Terrified.
A Whole Field of Psychology Research May Be Bunk. Scientists Should Be Terrified.
An influential psychological theory, borne out in hundreds of experiments, may have just been debunked. How can so many scientists have been so wrong?
Is the peer-review system broken?
Is the peer-review system broken?
A look at the PLoS ONE paper on a hand designed by “the Creator”
This renowned mathematician is bent on proving academic journals can cost nothing
This renowned mathematician is bent on proving academic journals can cost nothing
New startups like this one are trying to disrupt traditional academic publishing.
Paper that says human hand was 'designed by Creator' sparks concern
Paper that says human hand was 'designed by Creator' sparks concern
Apparently creationist research prompts soul searching over process of editing and peer review.
The world’s top universities for attracting industry funding
Times Higher Education World University Rankings data reveal the 20 best institutions based on private-sector investment per academic
Psychology Is in Crisis Over Whether It’s in Crisis
The psychology establishment is fighting back against an attack on its reliability. But it might be letting emotion get in the way.
About 40% of economics experiments fail replication survey
Compared with psychology, the replication rate "is rather good," researchers say
Psychology’s reproducibility problem is exaggerated – say psychologists
Reanalysis of last year's enormous replication study argues that there is no need to be so pessimistic.
Trends and comparison of female first authorship in high impact medical journals
Trends and comparison of female first authorship in high impact medical journals
Observational study from 1994 to 2014
International collaboration 'crucial' for universities
Universities need to expand international engagement to remain competitive, according to a report by Digital Science.
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