The claim that Plan S is unethical derives from an understanding of academic freedom that appears to rest on foundations that, if not shaky, are at least highly questionable.

Using Scholia as a starting point for exploring how information about biodiversity and ecosystem research is represented in Wikidata and how it can be explored, curated and reused.

If we really want transdisciplinary research, we must ditch the ordered listing of authors that stalls collaborative science.

Journal Editors commonly fear that data policies will hurt submissions, but data from 12 evolution and ecology journals say otherwise.

And the messages they send.

Code Ocean is a cloud-based computational reproducibility platform that provides researchers and developers an easy way to share, discover and run code published in academic journals and conferences.

When Sonia Vallabh found out she was likely to develop a terminal brain disease, she and her husband, Eric Minikel, changed careers to find a cure.

The impact of AI technologies on work and working life, and renewed public and policy debates about automation and the future of work.

The SCNAT is organizing this one day event in Bern, with the aim to give the research community the chance to raise their concern and also the SNF and the European Commission to present their view and to inform about recent trends. The workshop should provide recommendations on how to implement the open data requirements.

Swiss Academy of Sciences conference on metrics and assessment.

Collaboration across institutes can train students in open, team science, which better prepares them for challenges to come.

Even sophisticated, data-driven models of academic careers have trouble forecasting the highs and lows.

Six researchers offer tips for navigating through and beyond gender barriers.

Essay on how traditional publishing works: its market mechanism and editorial strategy.

We're working to get copies of Angela Saini's Inferior into all of New York City's middle and high schools.

Rates of sexual abuse and harassment in academic science are second only to the military. It's estimated that at least half of women faculty and staff face.

An algebra pioneer who faced discrimination deserves wider recognition on the centenary of her namesake theorem.

Male post-docs and PhD candidates work more than their female colleagues, but female professors work the most hours of all, according to the latest time use survey.

Riding on some types of roller-coaster is an effective way of removing kidney stones.

Academic publishers have some of the highest profit margins in the world. In the digital age, researchers are starting to wonder whether publishers actually deserve this much money.

To highlight uncertain norms in authorship, John P. A. Ioannidis, Richard Klavans and Kevin W. Boyack identified the most prolific scientists of recent years.

With weapons ranging from Title IX complaints to online petitions to creating new policies for federally funded agencies, #MeToo has entered the research lab.

We need to hold each other accountable for fantasy thinking about how much science costs.

A Global Approach to the Gender Gap in Mathematical, Computing, and Natural Sciences: How to Measure It, How to Reduce It?

Research shows that students, especially boys, benefit when teachers share their race or gender. Yet most teachers are white women.

European and national research funders are expected to commit all researchers to granting open access to their publications as of 2020. The SNSF supports this Plan S. However, it is not in a position to add its signature to the plan at present.

Scientists warn the devil is in detail of the European Commission’s latest open access plan, while publishers argue prohibiting researchers from submitting their work to certain journals is a threat to academic freedom.

There are many thousands of data repositories on the web, providing access to millions of datasets. To enable easy access to this data, Google launched Dataset Search.

A well-crafted set of guidelines and advice can save time, reassure trainees and promote a positive lab culture, argues Mariam Aly.

Richard Poynder views a documentary on the tug of war over paywalls in scholarly publishing.