Medical Fraud is Rising, Meet the Sleuths Fighting to Stop It
Image manipulation is nothing new, but its application for scientific and medical fraud is leaving lives and livelihoods at stake.
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Funders and Journals, Not Students, Should Lead on Standards for Research Rigour
Funders and Journals, Not Students, Should Lead on Standards for Research Rigour
The efforts of young researchers to fight the perverse incentives that dominate science right now are all the more impressive because these scientists are at the most vulnerable point of their careers.
How Photos of Your Kids Are Powering Surveillance Technology
Millions of Flickr images were sucked into a database called MegaFace. Now some of those faces may have the ability to sue.
Highlight Negative Results to Improve Science
Publishers, reviewers and other members of the scientific community must fight science's preference for positive results - for the benefit of all.
A Kinder Research Culture is Possible
Wellcome is right to call out hyper-competitiveness in research and question the focus on excellence. But other funders must follow its move.
U.S. Targeting of Chinese Scientists Fuels a Brain Drain
A Chinese scientist’s startup fled the U.S. after a federal investigation that included a failed sting, airport stops and an unfounded child-porn search.
I Am Not a Woman in Science. I Am a Scientist.
What does it mean to you, being a female scientist? Twenty women share their thoughts.
To Move Research from Quantity to Quality, Go Beyond Good Intentions
Australian chief scientist Alan Finkel calls for formal action to bake in better research practices.
We Need to Talk About Fraud in Science
Unlike most faulty research practices, fraud actively evades detection. It is also overlooked because the scientific community has been unwilling to have frank and open discussions about it.
What's New with Peer Review on ORCID
ORCID has provided peer review functionality for going on three years. Peer review recognition is part of our broader commitment to improve recognition for all research contributions. It’s something that reviewers feel strongly about too.
Psychology's Replication Crisis Has Made The Field Better
Psychology's Replication Crisis Has Made The Field Better
Psychology’s replication crisis has changed the field. Today, authors are voluntarily posting their data, replication attempts are published in top journals, and researchers are increasing their sample sizes and committing to data collection and analysis plans in advance.
Margaret Heffernan: 'The More Academics Compete, the Fewer Ideas They Share'
Margaret Heffernan: 'The More Academics Compete, the Fewer Ideas They Share'
The entrepreneur and author on how universities can create a healthy working culture
We Scientists 2035 Workshop Day - with Jacques Dubochet | 7 Feb 2019 | Veranstaltung | Naturwissenschaften Schweiz
We Scientists 2035 Workshop Day - with Jacques Dubochet | 7 Feb 2019 | Veranstaltung | Naturwissenschaften Schweiz
Do you work in a scientific research institution? Are you frustrated with aspects of current research culture, such as the pressure to "publish or perish", the reproducibility crisis, climbing the academic ladder and persistent gender biases? Do you want to shape the culture that you work in? Join us on the 7th of February, 2019 at the University of Lausanne for an afternoon of "We Scientists 2035 Workshops". Let's make small changes today for a better research culture tomorrow!
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