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Publisher sacks 31 editors amid fierce row over independence
Frontiers, based in Lausanne, removed 31 editors from two journals after the editors complained that company staff were interfering with editorial decisions and violating core principles of medical publishing.
eLife works with Publons to give credit for peer review
eLife has partnered with Publons to help reviewers receive recognition for their work.
Thomson Reuters identifies significant trends impacting the academic reputation of the world's leading universities
Thomson Reuters identifies significant trends impacting the academic reputation of the world's leading universities
Report and survey provide insider’s view into the various components that determine a university’s global academic reputation.
Statement against Elsevier's sharing policy
Elsevier announced a new sharing and hosting policy for Elsevier journal articles.
Russia denied access to west's science journals
Russian government failed to pay for the subscription for 2014 to the amount of €890,000 (US$1 million).
Andrea Schenker-Wicki wird neue Uni-Rektorin
Die Universität Basel wird ab 1. August 2015 von einer Frau geführt. Die neue Rektorin ist eine Wirtschaftsprofessorin aus Zürich.
Is Europe to enjoy science advice or camel design?
Experts in science policy from across Europe, have expressed some nuanced scepticism at the new EC scientific advice mechanism.
The future of scientific communication
Chief scientific adviser Sir Mark Walport posits a future in which papers are revised as research matures, supplanting 'outmoded' publishing practices.
Researchers fret about downgrading of science minister role
Jo Johnson is smart and well-connected, but will not attend highest-level policy meetings.
EU science funding: 'the UK cannot afford to lose out on this pot of money'
The possibility the UK will vote to leave the EU would be a disaster for British science.
Will traditional science journals disappear?
Has the traditional format of the science journal had its day? Dorothy Bishop outlines an alternative model, based on consensual communication.
Where will the key ideas shaping the future of scientific publishing come from?
Key ideas behind the future of scientific publishing will be done primarily by two groups of outsiders: exceptionally creative user interface designers, and people who design group experiences.
A critical view of altmetrics
Altmetrics is one of the hotly debated topics in the Open Science movement today.
The five deadly sins of science publishing
This editorial describes the problems with the process of preparing and publishing research findings, and with judging their veracity and significance, and then explains how we at Faculty of 1000 are starting to tackle the ‘deadly sins’ of science publishing.
SiSOB data extraction and codification
Studying researchers’ CVs shows that moving jobs does not always boost a researcher’s productivity.
Lessons from the Séralini GM case
Lessons from the Séralini GM case
The publication, retraction and subsequent republication of the Séralini study raise important scientific and ethical issues for journal editors. Decisions to retract an article should be made on the basis of well-established policies. Articles should be retracted only for serious errors that undermine the reliability of the data or results, or for serious ethical lapses, such as research misconduct or mistreatment of animal or human subjects.
New mechanism for scientific advice
President Juncker welcomes world-leading scientists, discusses role of science in competitiveness and announces new mechanism for scientific advice.
Thumbs Down for the Freemium Model?
Researchers Reject Nature’s Fast Track Peer Review Experiment.
Royal Society Open Science to tackle publication bias
[5]Royal Society Open Science aims to tackle the biases in traditional formats.
Work smart with Workspace, our new platform for writing papers
[8]F1000Workspace offers scientists a comprehensive suite of software and services to write and collaborate on papers, annotate and share references and articles, as well as easily discover and save relevant new articles.
First results from psychology's largest reproducibility test
An ambitious [11]effort to replicate 100 research findings in psychology ended last week - and the data look worrying.
The trouble with reference rot
Computer scientists are trying to shore up broken links in the scholarly literature.
Researchers to take on publishers over new EU copyright laws
Intense lobbying by scientists and journal publishing companies between now and the autumn is expected.
A time limit on postdoctoral contracts: the French experience
in 2012 a new law ordered French public employers to offer stable employment to workers after 6 years of short-term contracts. It backfired.
How to combat distrust of science
The surprising power of the psychology of consensus.
How we can break free from sexism in science
In academia, strong hierarchies and nepotism compound problems associated with biases.
Final report on Science 2.0 public consultation
[24]This report presents the key findings, the main areas of discussion and the policy recommendations emerging from the consultation.