MEPs Vote to Grant Researchers Greater Freedom to Text and Data Mine
Researchers gain more access to hi-tech research tool, but data start-ups warn the narrow rules create "a backseat for Europe's innovators".
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Compliance with Requirement to Report Results on the EU Clinical Trials Register: Cohort Study and Web Resource
Compliance with Requirement to Report Results on the EU Clinical Trials Register: Cohort Study and Web Resource
Study finds that compliance with the European Commission requirement for all trials to post results on to the EUCTR within 12 months of completion has been poor, with half of all trials non-compliant.
S Is for Seismic Shift
The International Association of Scientific, Technical and Medical Publishers, which represents the organisations most directly affected financially, was one voice of caution, saying it is "vital" that researchers have the freedom to publish where they choose.
COUNTER Code of Practice for Research Data Usage Metrics release 1
COUNTER and members of the Make Data Count team (California Digital Library, DataCite, and DataONE) collaborated in drafting the Code of Practice for Research Data Usage Metrics release 1.
Africa Should Set Own Standards of Research Excellence
'Most highly cited' criterion is not the most appropriate.
Half of European Clinical Trials Haven’t Reported Results
EU rules say clinical trial results must be reported onto the EU register for every trial there within 12 months of the end of the trial, yet no one has ever been sanctioned for breaking the European rules. European academic institutes are lagging far behind companies in complying with the reporting rules.
Scientists Must Keep Fighting Fake News, Not Retreat to Their Ivory Towers
Scientists Must Keep Fighting Fake News, Not Retreat to Their Ivory Towers
Scientists have the public’s trust, so the swell of fake news shouldn’t put them off communicating, says CEO of Science Media Centre.
NIH Investigating Whether U.S. Scientists Are Sharing Ideas with Foreign Governments
NIH Investigating Whether U.S. Scientists Are Sharing Ideas with Foreign Governments
Agency reminds researchers to report foreign ties, keep peer reviews confidential.
The World’s Oldest Blockchain Has Been Hiding in the New York Times Since 1995
The World’s Oldest Blockchain Has Been Hiding in the New York Times Since 1995
This really gives a new meaning to the "paper of record."
The Canadian Association of University Teachers Releases Results of First National Survey of Contract Academic Staff
With the European Parliament Vote on the Copyright Directive, the Internet Lost - for Now
With the European Parliament Vote on the Copyright Directive, the Internet Lost - for Now
The Parliament voted in favor of almost all provisions that extend more rights to the establishment copyright industries while failing to protect users and new creators online.
Data Sharing in PLOS ONE: An Analysis of Data Availability Statements
Data Sharing in PLOS ONE: An Analysis of Data Availability Statements
Only about 20% of statements indicate that data are deposited in a repository, which the PLOS policy states is the preferred method. More commonly, authors state that their data are in the paper itself or in the supplemental information, though it is unclear whether these data meet the level of sharing required in the PLOS policy.
I Was Deluded. You Can't Beat Fake News with Science Communication
The battle for evidence-based reason may have to move elsewhere, says Jenny Rohn.
Some Scientists Publish More Than 70 Papers a Year. Here's How - and Why - They Do It
Some Scientists Publish More Than 70 Papers a Year. Here's How - and Why - They Do It
Science chats with statistician John Ioannidis about "hyperprolific" authors.
Role Models Tell Girls That STEM’s for Them in New Campaign
The Ad Council - along with G.E., Google, IBM, Microsoft and Verizon - is trying to encourage girls ages 11 to 15 to get involved in science, technology, engineering and math.
If You’ve Had Anesthesia, You Can Likely Thank This Veterinarian Who Just Won a Top Science Prize
Ig Nobel Win for Roller Coaster Therapy
Riding on some types of roller-coaster is an effective way of removing kidney stones.
Guest Post: Challenges for Academics in the Global South - Resource Constraints, Institutional Issues, and Infrastructural Problems
Guest Post: Challenges for Academics in the Global South - Resource Constraints, Institutional Issues, and Infrastructural Problems
For social science and humanities researchers in many parts of the world there are significant barriers to conducting and sharing research, in some cases more so than for science and medicine. In this guest post, Dr. Naveen Minai provides a perspective as a gender studies researcher in Pakistan.
Radical Open-Access Plan Could Spell End to Journal Subscriptions
Eleven research funders in Europe announce ‘Plan S’ to make all scientific works free to read as soon as they are published.
Global State of Peer Review
The Global State of Peer Review is one of the largest ever studies into the practice of scholarly peer review around the world focusing on four questions: 1. Who is doing the review? 2. How efficient is the peer review process? 3. What do we know about peer review quality? 4. What does the future hold?
An Explosion of Openness Is About to Hit Scientific Publishing
Major European countries are mandating that publicly-funded research should appear only in open-access journals.
Bell Burnell: Physics Star Gives Away GBP2.3M Prize
One of the UK's leading female astronomers is to donate her GBP2.3M winnings from a major science prize she was awarded. The sum will go to fund women, under-represented ethnic minority and refugee students to become physics researchers.
Making It Easier to Discover Datasets
There are many thousands of data repositories on the web, providing access to millions of datasets. To enable easy access to this data, Google launched Dataset Search.
British Astrophysicist Overlooked by Nobels Wins $3m Award for Pulsar Work
British Astrophysicist Overlooked by Nobels Wins $3m Award for Pulsar Work
Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell will donate the money to help students underrepresented in physics.
Hope and a Welter of Concerns Greets Europe’s Radical Open Access Plan
Scientists warn the devil is in detail of the European Commission’s latest open access plan, while publishers argue prohibiting researchers from submitting their work to certain journals is a threat to academic freedom.
Peer Reviewers Unmasked: Largest Global Survey Reveals Trends
Scientists in emerging economies respond fastest to peer review invitations but are invited least.
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