Gravitational-wave Observatory LIGO Set to Double Its Detecting Power
Gravitational-wave Observatory LIGO Set to Double Its Detecting Power
A planned $35-million upgrade could enable LIGO to spot one black-hole merger per day by the mid-2020s.
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NISO and NFAIS Announce a Planned Merger.
NISO and NFAIS announced a planned merger yesterday, designed to better serve their members during a time of rapid change.
ELife Invests in Texture to Provide Open-source Content Production Tools for Publishers
ELife Invests in Texture to Provide Open-source Content Production Tools for Publishers
Collaborating on the development of Texture brings eLife a step closer to its open-source, end-to-end publisher workflow.
Rare Trial of Open Peer Review Allays Common Concerns
A new study suggests that making reviewers' reports freely readable doesn't compromise the peer-review process.
COAlition S Welcomes Its First African Member and Receives Strong Support from the African Academy of Sciences
COAlition S Welcomes Its First African Member and Receives Strong Support from the African Academy of Sciences
With the membership of NSTC, the main public research funding body in the Republic of Zambia, cOAlition S now has members in Europe, North America, and Africa, and has received further support in the Middle East and Asia, with particular support by China.
Indian Payment-for-Papers Proposal Rattles Scientists
Researchers say the policy could intensify existing issues with research quality and misconduct.
COMPare: a Prospective Cohort Study Correcting and Monitoring 58 Misreported Trials in Real Time
COMPare: a Prospective Cohort Study Correcting and Monitoring 58 Misreported Trials in Real Time
This is the first empirical study of major academic journals’ willingness to publish a cohort of comparable and objective correction letters on misreported high-impact studies.
The First Interview with Trump's New Science Adviser
Kelvin Droegemeier starts work two years into an administration facing many challenges.
CREOS | MIT Libraries
Advance knowledge in service of equitable and open scholarship is the mission of the Center for Research on Equitable and Open Scholarship. CREOS seeks evidence about the best ways disparate communities can participate in scholarship with minimal bias or barriers.
What Would Scholarly Publishing Look Like if We Rebuilt It from Scratch in 2019?
Invited talk by Jon Tennant delivered at the NFAIS 2019 Annual Conference.
Ukraine's Science Revolution Stumbles Five Years on
On the five-year anniversary of an uprising that propelled Ukraine away from Russia and towards Europe, scientists say things are improving too slowly.
This is Why I've Written 500 Biographies of Female Scientists on Wikipedia
This is Why I've Written 500 Biographies of Female Scientists on Wikipedia
From bias in peer review and unfair allocation of grant funding to sexual harassment and a gender pay gap, the scientific community certainly has a lot of work to do.
Gender and Precarious Research Careers. A Comparative Analysis.
Gender and Precarious Research Careers. A Comparative Analysis.
Gender and Precarious Research Careers aims to advance the debate on the process of precarisation in higher education and its gendered effects, and springs from a three-year research project across institutions in seven European countries. Examining gender asymmetries in academic and research organisations, this insightful volume focuses particularly on early careers. It centres both on STEM disciplines (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) and SSH (Social Science and Humanities) fields.
Open Science Isn't Always Open to All Scientists
Current efforts to make research more accessible and transparent can reinforce inequality within STEM professions.
"Blacklists" and "Whitelists" to Tackle Predatory Publishing: A Cross-Sectional Comparison and Thematic Analysis
"Blacklists" and "Whitelists" to Tackle Predatory Publishing: A Cross-Sectional Comparison and Thematic Analysis
Despite growing awareness of predatory publishing and research on its market characteristics, the defining attributes of fraudulent journals remain controversial. The authors aimed to develop a better understanding of quality criteria for scholarly journals by analysing journals and publishers indexed in blacklists of predatory journals and whitelists of legitimate journals and the lists’ inclusion criteria.
What Scientists Need to Know About FAIR Data
Following these guiding principles for sharing data can help researchers get ahead.
The Brazilian Reproducibility Initiative
A project to assess the reproducibility of findings in biomedical science by researchers based in Brazil has been published.
Why We Need to Report More Than 'Data Were Analyzed by t-tests or ANOVA'
Why We Need to Report More Than 'Data Were Analyzed by t-tests or ANOVA'
Many papers in basic biomedical science do not contain the information that is needed to determine what statistical tests were used and to verify the results of these tests.
Women Are Winning More Scientific Prizes, But Men Still Win the Most Prestigious Ones
Celebrating Women and Girls in Science
February 11 was the International Day of Women and Girls in Science. This year, it was marked by a joint statement celebrating women’s achievements in science from Europe’s eight EIROforum laboratories.
We Have A Long Way To Go Before Women Are Equally Represented In The Sciences
February 11th was International Women and Girls in Science Day, but despite the best efforts of many parents, teachers, and policymakers over the last two decades the numbers are still dismal.
EUA Releases Preview of 2nd Big Deals Survey Report
EUA has published a preview of the results of the latest edition of its Big Deals survey.
The Women Who Contributed to Science but Were Buried in Footnotes
In a new study, researchers uncovered female programmers who made important but unrecognized contributions to genetics.
Taking Stock of the Feedback on Plan S Implementation Guidance
With thousand of pages of feedback on the Plans S implementation guidance, what themes emerged that might guide next steps?
Overdue: a US Advisory Board for Research Integrity
Research needs an authoritative forum to hash out collective problems, argue C. K. Gunsalus, Marcia K. McNutt and colleagues.
Accurately Analysing Diversity in Research - Digital Science
This article by Dr Hélène Draux, Research Data Scientist at Digital Science, and Dr Suze Kundu, Head of Public Engagement at Digital Science takes note of 11th February, the annual International Day of Women and Girls in Science.
International Day of Women and Girls in Science
On 11 February, the United Nations, partners worldwide, women and girls will mark the International Day of Women and Girls in Science.
PLOS Provides Feedback on the Implementation of Plan S | The Official PLOS Blog
PLOS Provides Feedback on the Implementation of Plan S | The Official PLOS Blog
PLOS welcomes Plan S as a 'decisive step towards the realisation of full open access'1, in particular the push it provides towards realization of a research process based on the principles of open science.
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