Review of recent developments in the science of science, using large-scale data on the production of science to search for universal and domain-specific patterns.

With some 173,000 articles during the period 2011-2015, Switzerland produced 1% of worldwide publications. It is therefore in the top 20 countries of all sizes that publish the most scientific articles.

Ideas about what research culture might look like in future, gathered from 20 events held by the Royal Society in 15 locations with over 1,000 people and 2,000 hours of face-to-face conversations. 

Recommendations to facilitate the implementation of guiding targets in research institutions and higher education establishments as requested by the Council of the EU.

The present paper takes its place in the stream of studies that analyze the effect of interdisciplinarity on the impact of research output. Unlike previous studies, in this study the...

While rates of productivity were broadly similar, citation rates were found to be higher for transdisciplinary students, as were indicators of collaboration such as co-authorship.

Data from several lines of evidence suggest that the methodological quality of scientific experiments does not increase with increasing rank of the journal.

Researchers at well-resourced, highly ranked universities are more likely to publish in open-access journals.

Workplace culture drives turnover, significantly affecting the retention of underrepresented groups, and costing the industry more than $16 billion each year.

Investigating whether male-dominated academic environments were characterized by gender ideologies with negative implications for women.

Journal editors should be able to ensure that authors are given useful feedback on the language and writing in submitted manuscripts. Journal editors should be able to deal effectively with inappropriate text re-use and plagiarism.

Male speakers exceeded their allocated time more frequently than female speakers, especially at large conferences (73% vs 49%). Since conferences are an important arena for science dissemination this might have a negative impact on female scientist's careers.

Data from several lines of evidence suggest that the methodological quality of scientific experiments does not increase with increasing rank of the journal.

New axes of stratification are emerging in academic publishing, adding to the already complex tapestry of inequality in science. Authors working at lower-ranked universities are more likely to publish in closed/paywalled outlets, and less likely to choose outlets that involve some sort of Article Processing Charge (APCs; gold or hybrid OA).

The influence of discourses of internationalisation and excellence on formal and applied selection criteria in academia.

A new study explores a strange paradox: In countries that empower women, they are less likely to choose math and science professions.

Empirical study examining the similarities and distinguishing features of scientific attention as measured by citations and public attention in online fora.

At least 28% of the scholarly literature is OA and that this proportion is growing, driven particularly by growth in Gold and Hybrid. Also, OA articles receive 18% more citations than average, an effect driven primarily by Green and Hybrid OA.

For the first time, nearly all scholarly literature is available gratis to anyone with an Internet connection, suggesting the toll access business model may become unsustainable.

This research article describes a procedure to generate a snapshot of the structure of a specific scientific community and their outputs based on the information available in Google Scholar Citations (GSC)....

The Code of Practice for Research Data Usage Metrics standardizes the generation and distribution of usage metrics for research data, enabling for the first time the consistent and credible reporting of research data usage.

Results of the Peer Review in the Life Sciences survey conducted by ASAPbio.

The Journal Impact Factor is, by far, the most discussed bibliometric indicator. Since its introduction over 40 years ago, it has had enormous effects on the scientific ecosystem. This paper by Cassidy R. Sugimoto provides a brief history of the indicator and highlights well-known limitations.

A study that examines the publication bias due to authors’ reputation shows that more reputed authors were less likely to be rejected with negative reviews, and that journal-specificities were important but never completely reversed this outcome.

This study describes views, downloads, Altmetric scores, and citations of articles published as preprints and differences in Altmetric scores and citations of published articles by prior preprint status.

There is a replication crisis spreading through the annals of scientific inquiry.

Reproducible research includes sharing data and code.  The reproducibility policy at the journal Biostatistics rewards articles with badges for data and code sharing.  This study investigates the effect of badges at increasing reproducible research, specifically, data and code sharing, at Biostatistics.

The new report 2018 shows that the US leads in S&E as China rapidly advances.

This article describes the use of qualitative research to explore the peer review process used for awarding grants to ten multi-national natural science research consortia

The systematic replication of other researchers’ work should be a normal part of science. That is the main message of an advisory report by the Dutch Academy of Sciences.