web articles

Send us a link

Subscribe to our newsletter

How many scientists does it take to write a paper?

How many scientists does it take to write a paper?

Modern science is becoming larger-scale and more collaborative.

Tips for promoting your research paper

Tips for promoting your research paper

Alert your followers on Twitter, Facebook, Google+ and other social networking sites by announcing your published work along with a link to your article. To encourage sharing - use hashtags relevant to your subject and tag co-authors or department colleagues who may also want to share your paper. Looking for more ideas?

Futsci: Future Science

Futsci: Future Science

Crowdfunding for Life Science Research. FutSci is an arena for public engagement in Biomedical and Bioscience Research, enabling members of the public to directly fund research.

Visualizing research impact

Visualizing research impact

A visualization of 6,975 case studies capturing the work of 50,000 researchers working in 154 institutions and grouped into 36 disciplinary units of assessment.

Towards scientific foresight in the European Parliament

Towards scientific foresight in the European Parliament

Video presenting the new approach of Scientific Foresight in the European Parliament, for anticipating impacts of future techno-scientific trends.

The “Voinnet Case”

The “Voinnet Case”

Aside from one retraction, eight articles of ETH Zürich plant biologist Olivier Voinnet have been corrected by the journals so far. Large parts of the scientific community, however, are not exactly satisfied with them.

How to track the impact of research data with metrics

How to track the impact of research data with metrics

An overview of the key impact measurement concepts and the services and tools available for measuring impact.

Research Hackdays

Research Hackdays

On June 5 and 6, 2015, Opendata.ch invites researchers and experts, designers, developers, journalists and all people who would like to embrace experimentation with data to participate in our hackdays in Zurich and Lausanne.

How to comply with funders' open access policies

How to comply with funders' open access policies

Navigating the various requirements can be difficult and time consuming for authors. Every funding agency seems to have slightly different specifics to their OA policies and each paper has multiple authors with multiple funding agencies supporting their research.

Peer review BC (before citations)

Peer review BC (before citations)

In theory, science isn't just self-interested. We're all driven by curiosity and pure motives to strive together to unlock the secrets of the universe and solve problems.But it's for others to determine whether or not we've unlocked or solved anything.