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Fallibility in Science: Responding to Errors in the Work of Oneself and Others

Fallibility in Science: Responding to Errors in the Work of Oneself and Others

For science to progress, we have to accept the inevitability of error.

The Relative Influences of Government Funding and International Collaboration on Citation Impact

The Relative Influences of Government Funding and International Collaboration on Citation Impact

International collaboration improves the impact of average research papers, whereas more government funding tends to have a small adverse effect when comparing OECD countries.

Policy Considerations for Random Allocation of Research Funds

Policy Considerations for Random Allocation of Research Funds

Towards a fully-fledged policy proposal, including issues of cost and fairness.

Female Grant Applicants Are Equally Successful When Peer Reviewers Assess the Science, but Not When They Assess the Scientist

Female Grant Applicants Are Equally Successful When Peer Reviewers Assess the Science, but Not When They Assess the Scientist

Gender gaps in grant success rates were significantly larger when there was an explicit review focus on the principal investigator.

Evidence From Peer Review That Women Are Held to Higher Standards

Evidence From Peer Review That Women Are Held to Higher Standards

Tougher editorial standards and/or biased referee assignment may force women to write better, and may also reduce their productivity.

Study Finds Men Speak Twice as Often as Do Women at Colloquiums

Study Finds Men Speak Twice as Often as Do Women at Colloquiums

Study finds that men speak twice as often as women do at colloquiums, a difference that can't be explained away by rank, speaker pool composition or women's interest in giving talks.

10 Human Rights Priorities for the Information and Communications Technology Sector

10 Human Rights Priorities for the Information and Communications Technology Sector

A primer on the most relevant, urgent, and probable human rights impacts for the ICT sector and opportunities for positive impact.

As Science Becomes More International, Scientific Editorial Boards Lag Behind

As Science Becomes More International, Scientific Editorial Boards Lag Behind

Editors of scientific journals are a far less diverse group than the scientists in scientific publications.

Female Grant Applicants Are Equally Successful When Peer Reviewers Assess the Science, but Not When They Assess the Scientist

Female Grant Applicants Are Equally Successful When Peer Reviewers Assess the Science, but Not When They Assess the Scientist

Avoiding bias in grant review is necessary to ensure the best research is funded, regardless of who proposes it.

National Security, the Assault on Science, and Academic Freedom

National Security, the Assault on Science, and Academic Freedom

An report on US threats to academic freedom in science, particularly in the areas of international scholarly exchange and climate science.

Normalization of Zero-Inflated Data: An Empirical Analysis of a New Indicator Family and Its Use with Altmetrics Data

Normalization of Zero-Inflated Data: An Empirical Analysis of a New Indicator Family and Its Use with Altmetrics Data

Proposing and testing a new indicator, the Mantel-Haenszel quotient.

Academic Publishing, Internet Technology, and Disruptive Innovation

Academic Publishing, Internet Technology, and Disruptive Innovation

The traditional journal publishing system, the recent open access models of journal publishing as an evolving phenomenon, the nature and extent of open access as a disruptive innovation, and the implications for key stakeholders.