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Nominate for the Royal Society's Medals and Awards

Nominate for the Royal Society's Medals and Awards

The majority of nominations for the Royal Society's medals and awards can be made using the online nomination system. All guidance include how to complete the nomination form can be read on the guidance notes which include full information about all the awards.

Women in Science, Technology and Innovation: Old Stereotypes and New Realities

Women in Science, Technology and Innovation: Old Stereotypes and New Realities

The OECD's 2017 Science, Technology and Industry Scoreboard brings fresh evidence on where women stand in the pursuit of better representation in the world of science and technology.

Nobel Laureates and the Economic Impact of Research: A Case Study

Nobel Laureates and the Economic Impact of Research: A Case Study

We ran data on the scientific publications of 37 laureates of the Nobel prizes in Medicine, Physics and Chemistry. The results showed that those laureates have produced knowledge that has been taken up in innovation more widely than the work of the average US or world scientist.

No Masks or Capes, but These Heroes Are Saving the World

No Masks or Capes, but These Heroes Are Saving the World

They may be too humble to call themselves heroes, but there'€™s no better way to describe them according to Bill Gates.

What Do You Do When They Say "No?"

What Do You Do When They Say "No?"

After unanimous recommendations for Promotion with Tenure from both the department and college committees, the Dean overturned the committees' votes. He would not be recommending me for tenure.

 

Open Research Glossary by the Right to Research Coalition

Open Research Glossary by the Right to Research Coalition

A glossary of open research terms to inform people about the culture of ‘open scholarship’.

What Does It Mean to Read the Literature, Really?

What Does It Mean to Read the Literature, Really?

In a profession rewarding productivity in the form of papers and grants, sitting down to deeply read journal articles can feel like wasted time. Professor logs every paper she read over multiple years to gain insight on personal research practices.

Prestige and Inequality in the Ivory Tower

Prestige and Inequality in the Ivory Tower

Inequalities in academic citation distribution are analyzed using Thomas Piketty's approach to analyzing economic inequality, with some fascinating results.

Scientists Tainted by Misconduct of Former Collaborators

Scientists Tainted by Misconduct of Former Collaborators

The stigma has a punitive effect on citations for prior collaborators of fraudulent researchers.

Nobel laureate will step down from leading embattled Salk Institute

Nobel laureate will step down from leading embattled Salk Institute

Elizabeth Blackburn cuts short her tenure at Salk amid gender discrimination lawsuits, which have also led Inder Verma to take leave of absence from editor-in-chief of PNAS

7 Science Stories in 2017 That Made Us Go, "Whoa, That's Awesome"

7 Science Stories in 2017 That Made Us Go, "Whoa, That's Awesome"

The news that lifted our existential dread.