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Schweizer "Read and Publish"-Vertrag Mit RSC Soll Vollständig Geheim Bleiben
Schweizer "Read and Publish"-Vertrag Mit RSC Soll Vollständig Geheim Bleiben
Als Michael Hengartner, Präsident swissuniversities und Rektor der Universität Zürich an der Open Access Konferenz Schweiz 2018 gefragt wurde, ob er im Sinne von Open Access auch die kommenden Vert…
Agiles Fussvolk
Chefs verordnen gerne agile Arbeitstechniken. Eine Analyse zeigt, dass sie diese aber selbst nie anwenden würden.
Hyped-up Science is a Problem. One Clever Twitter Account is Pushing Back.
How a simple nudge can improve health and nutrition reporting. The Twitter account retweets science articles, adding “IN MICE.”
Photograph Lays Bare Reality of Melting Greenland Sea Ice
Research teams traversing partially melted fjord to retrieve weather equipment release startling picture.
"Destructo-Critics" and Mean Bloggers: The Study | Absolutely Maybe
A couple of years ago, psychologist Susan Fiske launched a broadside against science bloggers - since taken offline - packed with name-calling.
'I'll Work on It over the Weekend': High Workload and Other Pressures Faced by Early-career Researchers
'I'll Work on It over the Weekend': High Workload and Other Pressures Faced by Early-career Researchers
Stress and long working hours are regrettably common among early-career researchers, reveals a survey by the group the Young Academy of Europe.
Cost Models for Running an Online Open Journal
Blog for the Journal of Open Source Software.
How I Learned to Teach Like a Scientist
Recently retired, this professor emeritus reflects on how she challenged students to think beyond facts.
Scientists Shocked by Arctic Permafrost Thawing 70 Years Sooner Than Predicted
Weakened permafrost in Canadian Arctic a further sign that global climate crisis accelerating faster than scientists had feared.
The U.S. Is Purging Chinese Cancer Researchers From Top Institutions
The NIH and the FBI are targeting ethnic Chinese scientists, including U.S. citizens, searching for a cancer cure. Here's the first account of what happened to Xifeng Wu.
N.I.H. Head Calls for End to All-Male Panels of Scientists
Francis Collins pledged to decline to speak at conferences that do not include enough women in prominent speaking roles.
Academic Manifesto
We are scientists from various disciplines and we will go on strike on 14 June 2019. Women* are systematically underrepresented to a great degree at Swiss higher education institutions.
Reproducibility Trial Publishes Two Conclusions for One Paper
The British Journal of Anaesthesia's unusual experiment is designed to broaden replicability efforts beyond just methods and results.
The Five: Unsung Female Scientists
The history of science has often seen women's work overlooked and their credit stolen.
We Don't Trust Course Evaluations, but Are Peer Observations of Teaching Much Better?
We Don't Trust Course Evaluations, but Are Peer Observations of Teaching Much Better?
Why colleges and universities that claim to take teaching seriously need a comprehensive and fair system of evaluating it.
Racial and Gender Biases Plague Postdoc Hiring
Changing the name on a CV affects how physics and biology faculty members view theoretical applicants, according to a new study.
It's Time to Retire Statistical Significance
While statistical significance sends the so-called significant results into the literature, the results on the other side of the threshold often disappear into the “famous file drawer”.
Theme of 2019 International Open Access Week To Be "Open for Whom? Equity in Open Knowledge"
Theme of 2019 International Open Access Week To Be "Open for Whom? Equity in Open Knowledge"
As the transition to a system for sharing knowledge that is open by default accelerates, the question “open for whom?” is essential—both to consider and to act upon.
Innovation in Citizen Science Using Machine Learning
An interdisciplinary team has come up with a mobile app for identifying plants based on users taking a photo of the plant on their mobile. For Citizen Science the enthusiastic engagement of the public with Flora Incognita shows a clear path forward for more widespread uses of machine learning in public participation with science and scholarship, and in knowledge creation.
'A Loss for Both Sides' if Swiss Excluded from EU R&D
The president of Switzerland's top-ranked university warned that both Switzerland and the European Union would lose out if his country were excluded from the next big EU research programme.
Launching Transpose, a Database of Journal Policies on Preprinting & Peer Review
Launching Transpose, a Database of Journal Policies on Preprinting & Peer Review
ASAPbio launched Transpose, a database of journal peer review, co-reviewing, and preprint policies relating to media coverage, licensing, versions, and citation.
CERN Prepares Open Source Push Following Microsoft Price Hike
CERN has launched an ambitious drive towards open source software after Microsoft revoked its academic discount and introduced a new contract which was set to lead to a tenfold increase in licensing costs.
COAlition S Appoints Jisc Expert to Accelerate Open Access
Neil Jacobs, Head of Open Science and research lifecycle at UK not-for-profit, Jisc, has been appointed as interim programme manager for cOAlition S.
IEEE Announces 14 New Open Access Journals
IEEE to provide more high-quality options for authors and researchers.
Birkbeck to Play Leading Role in Project to Transform Open Access Academic Publishing
Birkbeck to Play Leading Role in Project to Transform Open Access Academic Publishing
Professor Martin Eve will lead Birkbeck's part in the project, which has been made possible through a £2.2 million grant from Research England.
Swiss Women Stage National Strike for Equality
Women are protesting against the slow pace of change, calling for "more money, time and respect".
New Preprint Server for the Health Sciences Announced Today
medRxiv aims to meet the unique preprint needs of the clinical research community with a free, non-profit service.
The Rise of Junk Science
Fake publications are corrupting the world of research- and influencing real news.