Science papers rarely cited in negative ways
On [22]the incidence and role of negative citations in science.
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Massive pool of US biomedical postdocs starts to shrink
A decades-long surge in the numbers of US biomedical postdocs may finally have ended..
2015 Nature graduate-student survey
Graduate students dream of academia but are keeping their career options open, according to a 2015 Nature survey.
Over 60% of 2015 research articles on Nature.com are OA
Sixty three per cent of original research articles published to date on nature.com in 2015 are open access, nearly 10,000 papers. Ten years ago, NPG introduced its first fully open access journal. Today, NPG publishes over 80 journals with an open access option.
Biomedical researchers lax in checking for imposter cell lines
Many scientists still not bothering to address an issue that undermines the reproducibility of research findings.
Empowering citizen scientists
Scientists should consider engaging more with the DIYbio community.
Many hands make tight work
Crowdsourcing research can balance discussions, validate findings and better inform policy.
How scientists fool themselves and how they can stop
Humans are remarkably good at self-deception. But growing concern about reproducibility is driving many researchers to seek ways to fight their own worst instincts.
Make academic job advertisements fair to all
Too many university posts are given to men without proper competition.
US National Academies issue call to cut red tape
US National Academies issue call to cut red tape
Report warns that growing government regulations detracts from research.
How to catalyse collaboration
Turn the fraught flirtation between the social and biophysical sciences into fruitful partnerships with five principles.
Interdisciplinary research by the numbers
An analysis reveals the extent and impact of research that bridges disciplines.
Unpatients - why patients should own their medical data
Unpatients - why patients should own their medical data
For the benefits of digital medicine to be fully realized, we need not only to find a shared home for personal health data but also to give individuals the right to own them.
Agencies plan research-ethics overhaul
Long-awaited revision proposed for regulations governing studies of human subjects.
Report claims success for elite universities drive
Report praises US$5-billion scheme for making leading universities more competitive - but some smaller institutions have done just as well.
Women are funded more fairly in social science
UK data hold lessons for how to close the gender gap in bioscience grant applications, success and size, argue Paul Boyle and colleagues.
Institutions must do their part for reproducibility
Tie funding to verified good institutional practice, and robust science will shoot up the agenda.
PubPeer founders reveal themselves, create foundation
The creators of PubPeer dropped their own anonymity today, as part of an announcement about a new chapter in the life of the post-publication peer review site..
Biohackers gear up for genome editing
Amateurs are ready and able to try the CRISPR technique for rewriting genes.
Papers with shorter titles get more citations
Intriguing correlation mined from 140,000 papers.
Rise of the citizen scientist
From the oceans to the soil, technology is changing the part that amateurs can play in research. But this greater involvement raises concerns that must be addressed.
Courts refuse scientists' bids to prevent retractions
US judges dismiss injunctions against journals.
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?
Better than riches
The involvement of online discussion sites in the identification of errors, anomalies and worse in the published literature continues to demonstrate the usefulness of post-publication review. It also highlights the ambiguous power of anonymity.
The future of science will soon be upon us
The European Commission has abandoned consideration of 'Science 2.0', finding it too ambitious.
Making data count
Results from a survey on perceptions of data sharing, discovery, and metrics.
Bioethics accused of doing more harm than good
[3]Opinion piece that calls for bioethics to ‘get out of the way’ prompts self-reflection among ethicists.
Could students solve the irreproducibility crisis?
Scientists on social media debate a call to require PhD students to replicate research before they can graduate.
Why we are teaching science wrong, and how to make it right
Active problem-solving confers a deeper understanding of science than does a standard lecture. But some university lecturers are reluctant to change tack.
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