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UKRI Signs San Francisco Declaration of Research Assessment - UK Research and Innovation
UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) has signed the international declaration aimed at strengthening and promoting best practice in the way research is assessed.
Work Plan and Priority Actions for cOAlition S
Coalition S acknowledges that there is a wide range of work to be done to implement Plan S and identified 9 priorities for the next few months.
Jason-a Secretive Group of Cold War Science Advisers-is Fighting to Survive in the 21st Century
Jason-a Secretive Group of Cold War Science Advisers-is Fighting to Survive in the 21st Century
After near-death experience, top scientists seek a long-term home in the U.S. government.
New Climate 'stripes' Reveal How Much Hotter Your Hometown Has Gotten in the Past Century
New Climate 'stripes' Reveal How Much Hotter Your Hometown Has Gotten in the Past Century
#ShowYourStripes visuals adorn ties, cufflinks, and the stage of a German music festival.
Imminent Change to Elsevier Access
The University of California has been out of contract with Elsevier since January. Now, the University of California have reason to believe that Elsevier will shut off direct access to new articles later this week or in early July.
Springer Nature Signs Its First 'pure OA' Deal with Sweden's Bibsam
An agreement between publisher Springer Nature and Sweden's Bibsam consortium - made up of institutional libraries and funders - will see the two share the costs of publishing in Springer Nature's Open Access journals.
What is the Blockchain Really, and Should You Care? A Guide for the Perplexed Scholarly Publishing Citizen
What is the Blockchain Really, and Should You Care? A Guide for the Perplexed Scholarly Publishing Citizen
Here's a 12 point guide to blockchain. Written for non-technically minded scholarly publishing folk.
Discrimination Drives LGBT+ Scientists to Think About Quitting
Despite progress, many physical scientists from sexual and gender minorities experience exclusion or harassment at work, finds UK survey.
Journals' Plagiarism Detectors May Flag Papers in Error
One recent case, in which a scientist claims his submitted manuscript was rejected despite a lack of actual plagiarism, highlights the limitations of automated tools.
News & Views: Analyzing the DOAJ
The Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) is increasingly being used as a benchmark to determine whether a journal is fully OA, most notably as part of both the original and recently revised Plan S guidelines. This month we take a look at the DOAJ and consider how it compares to other sources for evaluating fully OA status.
Regarding a Delta Think Blog Post Analysing the DOAJ
In its series Open Access News & Views, Delta Think recently published an analysis of the DOAJ. DOAJ very much enjoyed the piece and found it to be one of the most well-informed articles written about them. They now comment on a few of the issues raised in the article.
Peer Review Week Is Five!
The fifth annual Peer Review Week will take place from September 16-20, 2019. This post reflects on its history and achievements.
Open Humans: A Platform for Participant-centered Research and Personal Data Exploration
Open Humans: A Platform for Participant-centered Research and Personal Data Exploration
Open Humans highlights how a community-centric ecosystem can be used to aggregate personal data from various sources, as well as how these data can be used by academic and citizen scientists through practical, iterative approaches to sharing that strive to balance considerations with participant autonomy, inclusion, and privacy.
The Problem with Tech People Who Want to Solve Problems
On the latest Recode Decode, MIT Media Lab director Joi Ito says we need to resist the urge to oversimplify the problems we're solving.
Learned Societies, the Key to Realising an Open Access Future?
Plan S will also influence how learned societies, the organisations tasked with representing academics in particular disciplines, operate, as many currently depend on revenues from journal subscriptions to cross-subsidise their activities.
Next in Reproducibility: Standards, Policies, Infrastructure, and Human Factors
What is next for reproducibility? Research communities will need to develop standards of practice, institutions will adopt formal policies, and funding agencies may look to support more infrastructure and tools to enable reproducibility.
Do Authors Have Any Power Over Publishers?
Will authors exercise their market power to put downward pressure on article processing charges?
Universitärer Mittelbau: Ein Königreich für einen Lehrstuhl
Universitärer Mittelbau: Ein Königreich für einen Lehrstuhl
Sie sind die neunzig Prozent, die den akademischen Betrieb aufrechterhalten: Berichte aus dem Inneren eines Systems, das aus der Perspektive des wissenschaftlichen Nachwuchses so nicht länger funktionieren darf.
Launching the #FailTales Science Communication Competition - Digital Science
Launching the #FailTales Science Communication Competition - Digital Science
Creatively convey your best research-related #FailTales and win a year's subscription to Dimensions Analytics, a Science Communication mentoring session with one of our judges, and a swag bag of our awesome merchandise!
Had I Been Editor in Chief
Had I Been Editor in Chief
i recently applied for the editor in chief position at Psychological Science. i didn't get it, but i got far enough to be asked to write a vision statement, responding to eight prompts.
Self Promotion for Introverts: Getting Your Research Message Out There While You Stay in
Self Promotion for Introverts: Getting Your Research Message Out There While You Stay in
The University of Melbourne’s Visualise Your Thesis competition (VYT) challenges graduate researchers to come up with an “elevator pitch”, in the form of a succinct and attractive audio-visual, digital object to distil the central theme of their research.
Distributed Models for Open Access Publishing: Q&A with Martin Eve
The Open Library of Humanities has demonstrated a model for high-quality open access publishing, without Article Processing Charges. We asked Chief Executive Officer Martin Eve whether the Library could serve as inspiration for Learned Societies in a post-Plan S world.
Wellcome Global Monitor 2018
The world's largest study into how people around the world think and feel about science and major health challenges.
ETH Apologises for Postdoc Job Advert Demanding 'Nature Paper'
Swiss university has signed San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment, which says academics should not be judged on the journals they publish in
Rejected Article Tracking with the CrossRef API
Nothing burdens the heart of a journal editor more than rejecting an article. Partly, this is because you know you're giving someone…
We Tried to Publish a Replication of a Science Paper in Science. The Journal Refused
Our research suggests that the theory that conservatives and liberals respond differently to threats isn't actually true.
Publishers Fail to Stem Tide of Illicit ResearchGate Uploads
Berlin-based academic network faces court action in US and Germany, and lost more than €12 million (£10.7 million) in 2017, accounts show.
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