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Research impact is often talked about, but how clear is it what this term really means? The authors highlight four core elements that comprise most research impact definitions and propose a new conceptualisation of research impact relevant to health policy.
There is a serious lack in sharing material/resources that are used to creating the building-blocks of a research experiment.
More than just an academic problem: on the repercussions of scienctific misconduct on the careers of honest and hard-working scientists.
Moon missions, ancient genomes and a publishing showdown are set to shape research.
Tips for grad students: the options for communicating your research beyond the dissertation or journal article are nearly endless and range from video games to comic books, but two of the easiest to work with are podcasts and infographics.
Efforts to engage life science companies in open innovation have been hampered by the industry’s continued reticence to share. The result is shrinking pipelines, a wave of drug patent expirations ending in sudden drops in revenue, and poorly served public health.
The Neuroskeptic commentary on a new paper by Chris Drummond about the ‘reproducibility movement’. Assuming that what really matters is the testability of a given hypothesis, how fundamental is reproducibility to science?
Rogier Creemers advises early career academics to be ruthless and put themselves first to move up the ladder.
Ultimately, the power to enforce change resides in the hands of scientists.
There is no shortage of problems facing humankind. What role science has in tackling them has long been debated.
There have been two distinct responses to the replication crisis – by instituting measures like registered reports and by making data openly available. But another group continues to remain in denial.
The goal is to customize treatments for cancer and other diseases to a patient's own biology. But something as simple as failing to take care of tissue samples en route to the lab can derail that.
Lucy Patterson reports back from Science Hack Day Berlin.
Initiatives are in place to keep early-career investigators in the biomedical system, but more support is needed.
A 30 page paper panning the Commission’s copyright plans on press publishers written by JRC never saw the light of the day.
Counting the number of women and men is considered to be rather unproblematic. But how do you measure diversity?
Blockchain could lend security measures to the scientific process, but the approach has its own risks.
Jim Kozubek on the potential problems of profiteering in biotech.
Roxane Feller, AnimalhealthEurope Secretary-General provides a fascinating insight into the global challenge of antibiotic resistance.
In 2017, scientists, regulators, and publishers clashed in a series of lawsuits, boycotts, mass resignations, and more.
Some experts say the US decision to repeal net neutrality rules could open the floodgates to a multi-speed internet in Europe.
Amidst the push from universities and funding agencies for increased interdisciplinary research, interdisciplinarity has also been the subject of a number of critiques in recent years.
Academic cultural critique is best served in blog form and there are a slew of academic blogs waiting to dish. We’ve picked 9 of the best academic blogs.
My bullying supervisor damaged my mental health. But when I decided to stand up to them, I received no support from my university.
