Initiative for Open Abstracts - COKI
COKI Project Co-lead Professor Cameron Neylon outlines why he is supporting a campaign calling for all abstracts to be made open access.
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Trump's Stalinist Approach to Science
Bully and ignore the experts, and send in the quacks.
China Blocks Wikimedia Foundation's Accreditation to World Intellectual Property Organization
China Blocks Wikimedia Foundation's Accreditation to World Intellectual Property Organization
China blocked the Wikimedia Foundation’s application for observer status at the World Intellectual Property Organization. As a result, the Foundation’s application for observer status has been suspended and will be reconsidered at a future WIPO meeting.
Why Governments Get COVID-19 Wrong
Therapies and vaccines will come, but not for many months. Until then, politicians will have to work on the basics
Universities Should Be Two-thirds Empty to Avoid COVID Spikes, Says Expert
Universities Should Be Two-thirds Empty to Avoid COVID Spikes, Says Expert
One of the UK’s leading public health experts has warned that universities should be two-thirds empty in order to prevent massive spikes in coronavirus infections across campuses.
Why Scientific Societies Should Involve More Early-Career Researchers
Why Scientific Societies Should Involve More Early-Career Researchers
Appointing early-career researchers to positions of influence within scientific societies would be mutually beneficial for both.
COVID-19 Has Profoundly Changed the Way We Conduct and Share Research. Let's Not Return to Business As Usual when the Pandemic is Over!
COVID-19 Has Profoundly Changed the Way We Conduct and Share Research. Let's Not Return to Business As Usual when the Pandemic is Over!
COVID-19 has led to rapid and open sharing of research outputs. But will this new, radically open research communications paradigm result in permanent change?
Africa Has Defied The Covid-19 Nightmare Scenarios - We Shouldn’t Be Surprised
Vaccines - Lessons from Three Centuries of Protest
Immunization has always been a proxy for wider fears about social control, a history reminds us.
'Cancer Vaccines Will Not Replace Surgery or Chemo but Could Give Long-lasting Immunity'
'Cancer Vaccines Will Not Replace Surgery or Chemo but Could Give Long-lasting Immunity'
Recent advances are bringing cancer vaccines much closer to reality, giving patients another weapon in their arsenal of cancer treatments, according to Dr Madiha Derouazi, CEO of Amal Therapeutics and one of three winners of the 2020 EU Prize for Women Innovators.
Open Data Day 6th March 2021
The Open Data Day 2021 will take place on 6th March. It is the annual global celebration of open data facilitated by the Open Knowledge Foundation.
The Two Cultures of Science: the Movement for Reproducibility and the Movement for Open Science
The Two Cultures of Science: the Movement for Reproducibility and the Movement for Open Science
In the world of scientific research today, there’s a revolution going on – over the last decade or so, scientists across many disciplines have been seeking to improve the workings of science and its methods. To do this, scientists are largely following one of two paths: the movement for reproducibility and the movement for open science. Both movements aim to create centralized archives for data, computer code and other resources, but from there, the paths diverge.
COVID-19 Vaccines Could End Up With Bias Built Right In
Some of the leading candidates might work better for the richest people in the world, simply on account of how they're made.
The Lancet Changes Editorial Policy After Hydroxychloroquine Covid Study Retraction
The Lancet Changes Editorial Policy After Hydroxychloroquine Covid Study Retraction
New policy comes after serious quality control questions were raised about the data relied on by a study in the medical journal
Where Was the Battery at Tesla's Battery Day?
Elon Musk made big promises at Tesla's highly anticipated event. But a prototype never appeared, and it was unclear what the company had actually achieved.
500 Women Wiki Scientists
Help us increase the visibility of women in STEM and inspire the next generation of women scientists. Join us in writing Wikipedia biographies of women in STEM in October and November.
OASPA Onlince Conference 21 - 24 September 2020
Online Conference on Open Access Scholarly Publishing: Final program available.
European Research and Innovation Days 22-24 September
Bringing stakeholders together to shape future research and innovation policy. See the programme, check out the speakers and join online 22-24 September.
Students Have Been Sold the Lie They Are Able to Have a Full University Experience. They Can't.
Students Have Been Sold the Lie They Are Able to Have a Full University Experience. They Can't.
The government and vice-chancellors have a duty of care, yet in too many colleges, Covid security is mere hygiene theatre.
The Lasting Misery of Coronavirus Long-haulers
Months after infection with SARS-CoV-2, some people are still battling crushing fatigue, lung damage and other symptoms of 'long COVID'.
First Report of the INGSA Evidence-to-Policy Tracker
The aim of the study is not to compare and assess the success of countries’ key Covid policy responses, but rather to compare the various ways in which evidence has been marshalled and applied.
Learning from a Retraction
The editors of the Lancet Group examined The Lancet's peer-review processes to identify ways of further reducing risks of research and publication misconduct.
Frozen Poo and Narcissists' Eyebrows Studies Win Ig Nobel Prizes
Gongs also awarded for research into vibrating earthworms, French kissing and bellowing alligators.
Science Journals Are Purging Racist, Sexist Work. Finally
Getting rid of harmful papers is a vital step toward reestablishing readers' trust. Next, publishers should target articles that are flawed in other ways.
Scientists Aren't Trained to Mentor. That's a Problem
Scientists Aren't Trained to Mentor. That's a Problem
Universities need to genuinely support mentorship training for faculty members.
What is Meaningful Research and How Should We Measure It?
Purely metric-based research evaluation schemes potentially lead to a dystopian academic reality, leaving no space for creativity and intellectual initiative, claims a new study.
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