Artificial Intelligence Could Improve Health Care for All - Unless It Doesn't
Artificial Intelligence medical tools could help democratize health care - but some worry they could also worsen inequalities.
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Open Science in Switzerland: Opportunities and Challenges
Factsheet presenting the issues and recommendations surrounding open access to scientific literature and data in Switzerland and Europe.
40 Years Ago, Scientists Predicted Climate Change. And Hey, They Were Right
Scientists introduced credible climate change to the world in 1979, but it's taken decades for their message to sink in.
Academic Publishing Empires Need to Go
In response to the recent editorial "Open access and academic imperialism", disappointment is expressed at such a narrow and misleading interpretations of the recent attempts to make academic publishing more open.
Why We Publish Where We Do: Faculty Publishing Values and Their Relationship to Review, Promotion and Tenure Expectations
Why We Publish Where We Do: Faculty Publishing Values and Their Relationship to Review, Promotion and Tenure Expectations
A survey of academics finds that respondents most value journal readership, while they believe their peers most value prestige and related metrics such as impact factor when submitting their work for publication.
Overseas Students Face 'unacceptable' Visa Costs After Outsourcing
Universities fear chaos in September as private company struggles with workload.
What Boris Johnson's Leadership Could Mean for Science
The next UK prime minister is a controversial character - and his stance on Brexit concerns researchers.
I'm a Scientist. Under Trump I Lost My Job for Refusing to Hide Climate Crisis Facts
I'm a Scientist. Under Trump I Lost My Job for Refusing to Hide Climate Crisis Facts
I was a climate scientist in a climate-denying administration - and it cost me my job writes Maria Caffrey
A Call for Funders to Ban Institutions That Use Grant Capture Targets
Grant capture is often used as a formal metric for academic evaluation. The author argues that this practice has led to perverse incentives for researchers and institutions and that research funders have both a responsibility and a significant interest in using their influence to halt this practice.
Significant Economic Benefits? Enhancing the Impact of Open Science for Knowledge Users
Significant Economic Benefits? Enhancing the Impact of Open Science for Knowledge Users
In this post it is discussed how open research can lead to economic benefits. The author suggests that future open research policies should focus on developing research discovery, translation and the capacity for research utilisation outside of the academy.
An Innovative Way to Publish
The research community needs to find ways to reward study design and methodology as much as the final result. A publishing format called Registered Reports offers a means of addressing this challenge.
Meet the Ebola Researchers Testing Drugs and Vaccines in a War Zone
Violence in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has interrupted clinical trials and forced scientists to change how they immunize people.
Celebrating 2,000 Submissions on In Review
Scientific manuscript tracking and pre-prints with the In Review service from Springer Nature and Research Square.
RDA and COAR Collaborate to Progress Research Data Management Internationally
The Research Data Alliance (RDA) and the Confederation of Open Access Repositories (COAR) are pleased to announce an agreement to work together to strengthen and expand capacities for research data management within the international data repository community.
A Vaunted Program for Boosting the Diversity of U.S. Academic Scientists is Starting to Spread
A Vaunted Program for Boosting the Diversity of U.S. Academic Scientists is Starting to Spread
Until recently, few universities tried to replicate the Meyerhoff Scholars Program, aiming to increase diversity among future leaders in science, technology, engineering and related fields. But that's changing.
Balancing Author Satisfaction with Reviewer Needs
Authors want their papers published quickly while also expecting high-quality reviews. Reviewers want reasonable deadlines. These two groups come from the same communities so why the disconnect?
Many of the Deadliest Cancers Receive the Least Amount of Research Funding
Many of the deadliest or most common cancers get the least amount of nonprofit research funding, according to a new Northwestern Medicine study that examined cancer research funding from nonprofit organizations.
The Outdated Language of Space Travel
"Manned" spaceflight doesn't make sense anymore.
The Human Brain Project Hasn't Lived Up to Its Promise
Ten years ago, a neuroscientist said that within a decade he could simulate a human brain. Spoiler: It didn't happen.
Guest Post: Plan S Version 2 and the Cost of Quality
EMBO's Bernd Pulverer looks at the revised Plan S Implementation Guidelines.
What Science Looks Like
The publication of our first two Registered Reports marks a major milestone for Nature Human Behaviour. These studies demonstrate what many researchers know, but is often hidden from the published literature: confirmatory research doesn't always confirm the authors' hypotheses.
What Not to Do in Graduate School
Six limiting maxims PhD students should avoid.
'Bad Science': Australian Studies Found to Be Unreliable, Compromised
Hundreds of scientific research papers published by Australian scientists have been found to be unreliable or compromised, fuelling calls for a national science watchdog.
Royal Society President Stands Up for Chinese Scientists in the United States
Royal Society President Stands Up for Chinese Scientists in the United States
We scientists must stand up for openness and fairness. Discriminating against someone because of their ethnicity, turning down a collaboration or refusing a visa for a conference on the grounds of nationality, or simply making someone feel unwelcome because they are an immigrant - these are all morally objectionable and practically counterproductive. Such behaviour must cease.
Funded Partnership Brings Dryad and Zenodo Closer
Collaboration brings together leading platforms for data and software sharing.
2019 Scholar Metrics Released
Scholar Metrics provide an easy way for authors to quickly gauge the visibility and influence of recent articles in Google Scholar publications.
A Debate is Under Way About the Cost of Higher Education
The meaning of a debate about the cost of higher education.
Why It's So Hard To Reform Peer Review
Measurement creates a temptation to achieve a measurable goal by less than totally honest means. As in physics, the simple act of measuring invariably disturbs what you are trying to measure.
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