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SPIRIT - Swiss Programme for International Research by Scientific Investigation Teams

SPIRIT - Swiss Programme for International Research by Scientific Investigation Teams

The Swiss Programme for International Research by Scientific Investigation Teams promotes team-oriented cross-border research.

What's in a Number? How (and Why) Measuring Research Productivity in Different Ways Changes the Gender Gap

What's in a Number? How (and Why) Measuring Research Productivity in Different Ways Changes the Gender Gap

The gender gap in research productivity varies widely from study to study. This paper looks at how (and why) measuring productivity in different ways provides different pictures of the gender gap.

When the Numbers Tell Different Stories

When the Numbers Tell Different Stories

Men produce twice as many scientific publications as women. At least that's the long-held assumption. But Lynn Nygaard, a special adviser and doctoral research fellow at PRIO, challenges this widespread belief in her recent article.

Scientific Societies Worry Plan S Will Make Them Shutter Journals, Slash Services

Scientific Societies Worry Plan S Will Make Them Shutter Journals, Slash Services

An existential threat. That's what scientific societies supported by journal subscriptions call Plan S. 

The Data Opportunities for Publishers in 2019 - Silverchair

The Data Opportunities for Publishers in 2019 - Silverchair

How has the open data movement matured over 2018 and what opportunities does it create for publishers in 2019? 

Open Data Day 2019 Mini-grant Scheme

Open Data Day 2019 Mini-grant Scheme

Open Data Day is the yearly event where we gather to reach out to new people and build new solutions to issues in our communities using open data. To make sure some of those events have everything they needed to be great for their communities, mini-grants for the people organizing Open Data Day events will be provided.

Guidelines on How to Successfully Design, and Implement, Mission-oriented Research Programmes

Guidelines on How to Successfully Design, and Implement, Mission-oriented Research Programmes

SSH is crucial for succcess of programmes. These guidelines provide useful tools for those who deal - in one way or another - with research funding programmes.

Ghent University, in Belgium, Embraces New Approach to Faculty Evaluation Less Focused on Quantitative Metrics

Ghent University, in Belgium, Embraces New Approach to Faculty Evaluation Less Focused on Quantitative Metrics

Saying it wants to "again become a place where talent feels valued and nurtured," Ghent University overhauls its system for faculty evaluation to de-emphasize quantitative metrics and annual progress reports. Professors will be asked about their goals and what they are proud of.

European Parliament Petition on Elsevier and the Open Science Monitor - Green Tea and Velociraptors

European Parliament Petition on Elsevier and the Open Science Monitor - Green Tea and Velociraptors

Elsevier's role in the EU's Open Science Monitor is examined more closely.

Addressing Integrity Challenges in Research: the Institutional Dimension

Addressing Integrity Challenges in Research: the Institutional Dimension

Concern for and interest in research integrity has increased significantly during recent decades, both in academic and in policy discourse.

My Draft Plan S Implementation Guidance Feedback

My Draft Plan S Implementation Guidance Feedback

I write to provide feedback in an individual capacity on the Plan S implementation guidelines.

Tenure Denial, and How Early-career Researchers Can Survive It

Tenure Denial, and How Early-career Researchers Can Survive It

Scientists with first-hand experience of rejection offer their advice.

Talent Identification at the Limits of Peer Review: an Analysis of the EMBO Postdoctoral Fellowships Selection Process

Talent Identification at the Limits of Peer Review: an Analysis of the EMBO Postdoctoral Fellowships Selection Process

The EMBO Postdoctoral Fellowships selection process undergoes analysis.

New Research on Graduate Student Mental Well-being Says Departments Have Important Roles to Play in Fostering Healthy Environments

New Research on Graduate Student Mental Well-being Says Departments Have Important Roles to Play in Fostering Healthy Environments

New studies find variation by departments, with many findings of significant rates of depression and anxiety.

Bart De Strooper: 'Bright Young Scientists Won't Come to Join Us in UK'

Bart De Strooper: 'Bright Young Scientists Won't Come to Join Us in UK'

The Belgian biologist fears for the future of the pioneering UK Dementia Research Institute after Brexit

Commission Plans to Shake Up Its Big Research Department

Commission Plans to Shake Up Its Big Research Department

EU research chief Jean-Eric Paquet lays plans to refocus staff on policy goals, efficiency and cooperation with other parts of the Commission.

Surprise! Shutdown Also Disrupting U.S. Science Agencies That Aren't Closed

Surprise! Shutdown Also Disrupting U.S. Science Agencies That Aren't Closed

And at NASA, nearly 200 postdocs furloughed

Shutdown Will Cast a Long Shadow over Research

Shutdown Will Cast a Long Shadow over Research

The sudden halt to US government functions leaves me worried about the effects on science for years to come, says Anne Jefferson.

'Make Love, Not CO2': Swiss Students March for Climate Action

'Make Love, Not CO2': Swiss Students March for Climate Action

Thousands of school children and university students across Switzerland skipped class on Friday to march in the streets and demand climate action, telling politicians "There is no planet B".

Women Who Win Prizes Get Less Money and Prestige

Women Who Win Prizes Get Less Money and Prestige

A new analysis of biomedical awards over five decades shows men receive more cash and more respect for their research than women do, report Brian Uzzi and colleagues.

Change Ahead: How Do Smaller Publishers Perceive Open Access?

Change Ahead: How Do Smaller Publishers Perceive Open Access?

Reporting results from a comprehensive survey of publishers in the German-speaking world, Christian Kaier and Karin Lackner explore the attitudes of smaller publishers towards open access, finding …

Who Are You Writing For? The Role of Community Membership on Authors' Decisions to Publish in Open Access Mega-Journals

Who Are You Writing For? The Role of Community Membership on Authors' Decisions to Publish in Open Access Mega-Journals

Open Access mega-journals have in some academic disciplines become a key channel for communicating research. In others, however, they remain unknown. This article explores how authors’ perceptions of mega-journals differ across disciplines and are shaped by motivations associated with the multiple communities they function within.