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The real reason college tuition costs so much

The real reason college tuition costs so much

There are no valid arguments to support the recent trend toward seven-figure salaries for high-ranking university administrators.

Reward bioinformaticians

Reward bioinformaticians

Biological data will continue to pile up unless those who analyse it are recognized as creative collaborators in need of career paths, says Jeffrey Chang.

The history and future of funding for scientific research

The history and future of funding for scientific research

For half a century, the government funded research. Times are changing.

Communication breakdown

Communication breakdown

A policy change that could discourage UK government scientists from talking to the media is a backwards step. All researchers need to speak up to put science on the political agenda.

We shouldn't keep quiet about how research grant money is really spent

We shouldn't keep quiet about how research grant money is really spent

The same organisations that make it difficult to get a grant can be ridiculously laid back about how their money is spent once they have signed it over.

Einstein shows: Not only citations count

Einstein shows: Not only citations count

Publications don't have to be successful immediately. This is shown by an article of Albert Einstein and colleagues that gained importance 85 years after having been published. By Anton Zeilinger.

Europe's research commissioner lays out his ambitions

Europe's research commissioner lays out his ambitions

Europe's research commissioner Carlos Moedas on funding models, diplomacy and scientific advice.

Visions of the future for academic publishing

Visions of the future for academic publishing

Much of our contemporary approach to publishing research began with the launch of that journal, but what does the future hold?

A clean, green science machine

A clean, green science machine

As the world warms and technology improves, researchers and institutions should look at their carbon footprints and question whether they really need to travel to academic conferences.

An exciting alternative to university science research

An exciting alternative to university science research

Free from bureaucracy, independent science labs offer a flexibility that can't be matched by universities.

Why you can't always believe what you read in scientific journals

Why you can't always believe what you read in scientific journals

When people talk about the flaws in the scientific process, they often raise the problem of peer review. Right now, when a researcher submits an article for publication in a journal, it's sent off to his or her peers for constructive criticism or even rejection.

The glaring paradox of impact vs. experience in biology journals

The glaring paradox of impact vs. experience in biology journals

The professionally trained scientists who make decisions on biology papers at the big journals with the big journal impact factors have significantly less scientific experience and far weaker publication records than the editors of lower journal impact factor biology journals.

Pour une meilleure visibilité de la recherche française

Pour une meilleure visibilité de la recherche française

Livre blanc sur la visibilité de la recherche française : enquête et recommandations.

Attention decay in science

Attention decay in science

The exponential growth in the number of scientific papers makes it increasingly difficult for researchers to keep track of all the publications relevant to their work. Consequently, the attention that can be devoted to individual papers, measured by their citation counts, is bound to decay rapidly.

What drives academic data sharing?

What drives academic data sharing?

A systematic review of 98 scholarly papers and an empirical survey among 603 secondary data users develops a conceptual framework that explains the process of data sharing from the primary researcher’s point of view.

Researcher perspectives on publication and peer review of data

Researcher perspectives on publication and peer review of data

A survey of ~ 250 researchers across the sciences and social sciences asks what expectations “data publication” raises and what features would be useful to evaluate the trustworthiness, evaluate the impact, and enhance the prestige of a data publication.

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The IUS as a tool to analyse national innovation capacities: The case of Switzerland [s9kRYq0oS8mXmF8Xd1kQ_oJ6dbPoR_400x400.jpeg]

This article investigates the Innovation Union Scoreboard (IUS) as a tool to carry out case studies about national innovation capacities in the case of given countries..