Leaving the EU would drive away talented foreign scientists
A Brexit would put the UK’s academic success at risk as European research stars go elsewhere.
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Science isn't broken
"If we’re going to rely on science as a means for reaching the truth — and it’s still the best tool we have — it’s important that we understand and respect just how difficult it is to get a rigorous result."
What science can tell us about bad science
What recent research says about fraud, errors, and other dismaying academic problems.
Rise of the citizen scientist
From the oceans to the soil, technology is changing the part that amateurs can play in research. But this greater involvement raises concerns that must be addressed.
Too much of a good thing? An observational study of prolific authors
Institutions and funders should be alert to unfeasibly prolific authors when measuring and creating incentives for researcher productivity.
Increasing disparities between resource inputs and outcomes, as measured by certain health deliverables, in biomedical research
Increasing disparities between resource inputs and outcomes, as measured by certain health deliverables, in biomedical research
Paper showing that increasing research investments, resulting in an increasing knowledge base, have not yielded comparative gains in certain health outcomes over the last five decades. [Closed Access]
Collaboration in action: tracking the signal, tracing the noise
Interdisciplinarity is often framed as an unquestioned good within and beyond the academy, one to be encouraged by funders and research institutions alike. And yet there is little research on how interdisciplinary projects actually work—and do not work—in practice.
Research productivity and academics' conceptions of research
This paper asks the question: do people with different levels of research productivity and identification as a researcher think of research differently?
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How many scientists does it take to write a paper?
Modern science is becoming larger-scale and more collaborative.
The future of science will soon be upon us
The European Commission has abandoned consideration of 'Science 2.0', finding it too ambitious.
Publisher problems at Frontiers
[5]Frontiers dismisses 31 of its editors, based on escalated opposition to the publisher’s unique publication model.
Bill Gates and 13 other investors pour $120 million into revolutionary gene-editing startup
Bill Gates and 13 other investors pour $120 million into revolutionary gene-editing startup
[8]Editas, a company started by several gene-editing pioneers, gets new funding to develop treatments for blood cancers, eye diseases, and sickle-cell anemia.
Why an increase in boring study results is an important advance for medicine
Positive results are exciting, but the interest in positive results is skewing what we know about science.
The importance of indifference in scientific research
"Making non-attachment a central part of science education would beat the hell out of ethics classes and regulations about the use of Photoshop in preparing figures."
Valuing research rectitude
Peer review may not spot fraud – so universities need to be vigilant in tackling any wrongdoing among their staff.
Time to fix patents
Today’s patent regime operates in the name of progress. Instead, it sets innovation back. Time to fix it.
Better than riches
The involvement of online discussion sites in the identification of errors, anomalies and worse in the published literature continues to demonstrate the usefulness of post-publication review. It also highlights the ambiguous power of anonymity.
Why it strengthens research?
[21]New analysis of interdisciplinary collaboration across the UK research landscape highlights important questions about how we organise, fund and assess research.
Science hackathons for developing interdisciplinary research and collaborations
Science hackathons for developing interdisciplinary research and collaborations
Science hackathons can help academics, particularly those in the early stage of their careers, to build collaborations and write research proposals.
How to Receive More Funding for Your Research? Get Connected to the Right People!
How to Receive More Funding for Your Research? Get Connected to the Right People!
In the quest for the research money it is more important how researchers build their collaboration network than what publications they produce and whether they are cited.
I Like, I Cite? Do Facebook Likes Predict the Impact of Scientific Work?
Facebook likes only predict citations in the psychological area but not in the non-psychological area of business or in the field of life sciences.
Do Nobel Laureates create prize-winning networks?
Laureates produce fewer papers but with higher average citations, more sole-authored papers both before and after winning the Prize, and have a lower number of coauthors across their entire careers than the matched group.
Making data count
Results from a survey on perceptions of data sharing, discovery, and metrics.
Einstein was boring before he was brilliant
Innovation almost always requires long periods of quite traditional training.
What is Open Science?
What is Open Science?
For-profit company Elsevier explains Open Science.
Bioethics accused of doing more harm than good
[3]Opinion piece that calls for bioethics to ‘get out of the way’ prompts self-reflection among ethicists.
Top 10 universities for producing Nobel prizewinners
Times Higher Education analysis reveals the institutions with the most Nobel prizewinners this century.
Russian computer scientist fired from Dutch university for spying
Russian computer scientist fired from Dutch university for spying
A Russian computer scientist was fired from his job at a university in the Netherlands last year after Dutch intelligence officers warned he was spying for his home country.
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