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Survey of U.S. Government Scientists Finds Range of Attitudes Toward Trump Policies

Survey of U.S. Government Scientists Finds Range of Attitudes Toward Trump Policies

A survey suggests U.S. government scientists views are hard to pigeonhole and fall short of documenting widespread unhappiness with the Trump administration.

Science Under Trump: Voices of Scientists across 16 Federal Agencies

Science Under Trump: Voices of Scientists across 16 Federal Agencies

We asked federal scientists what it's like to work in the Trump administration. Their answers point to widespread, serious problems that should concern all of us.

Despite Becoming Increasing Institutionalised, There Remains a Lack of Discourse About Research Metrics Among Much of Academia

Despite Becoming Increasing Institutionalised, There Remains a Lack of Discourse About Research Metrics Among Much of Academia

The active use of metrics in everyday research activities suggests academics have accepted them as standards of evaluation, that they are “thinking with indicators”. Yet when asked, many academics profess concern about the limitations of evaluative metrics and the extent of their use.

Science Under Trump: Voices of Scientists Across 16 Federal Agencies

Science Under Trump: Voices of Scientists Across 16 Federal Agencies

What does the Trump administration's assault on federal science look like to the people who experience it every day in their workplaces?

Boycott the Journal Rankings

Boycott the Journal Rankings

Journal rankings are a rigged game. The blacklist of history of economic thought journals isn’t a fluke nor a conspiracy - it exposes how citation rankings really work.

Peer Review of Health Research Funding Proposals: A Systematic Map and Systematic Review of Innovations for Effectiveness and Efficiency

Peer Review of Health Research Funding Proposals: A Systematic Map and Systematic Review of Innovations for Effectiveness and Efficiency

Virtual peer review using videoconferencing or teleconferencing appears promising for reducing costs by avoiding the need for reviewers to travel, but again any consequences for quality have not been adequately assessed.

Reputation or Peer Review? the Role of Outliers

Reputation or Peer Review? the Role of Outliers

We present an agent-based model of paper publication and consumption that allows to study the effect of two different evaluation mechanisms, peer review and reputation, on the quality of the manuscripts accessed by a scientific community.

When It Comes to Sexual Harassment, Academia Is Fundamentally Broken

When It Comes to Sexual Harassment, Academia Is Fundamentally Broken

Even after reading every single related news article, it is still worth reading the 300-plus page National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine report on Sexual Harassment in its entirety. The report lays out why academia is fundamentally broken and incapable of dealing with harassment.

In the Era of Brexit and Fake News, Scientists Need to Embrace Social Media

In the Era of Brexit and Fake News, Scientists Need to Embrace Social Media

Social media can promote openness in research as international partnerships and collaborations are jeopardised, while increased adoption by scientists can also redress the balance that has shifted towards ill-evidenced news on some platforms.

This Woman Discovered Scintillating Deep-Space Objects, and Her Male Colleague Got the Nobel Prize

This Woman Discovered Scintillating Deep-Space Objects, and Her Male Colleague Got the Nobel Prize

Jocelyn Bell Burnell's skills on the radio telescope were on point. Following the discovery of pulsars, Bell Burnell faced casual sexism from the media and public as well.

How We Judge Research Outputs When Making Funding Decisions

How We Judge Research Outputs When Making Funding Decisions

Robert Kiley, Head of Open Research, and Jim Smith, Director of Science, discuss the steps Wellcome is taking to fulfil the principles of the San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment (DORA).

DOAJ Under Attack from an Unknown Third Party

DOAJ Under Attack from an Unknown Third Party

After much investigation and active measures, we can state that the DOAJ is effectively under attack from an unknown third party.

How Accessible is Psychology Data?

How Accessible is Psychology Data?

In a slightly depressing new paper, researchers describe how they tried to get access to the data behind 111 of the most cited psychology and psychiatry papers published in the past decade. Only 14% of the datasets were made available with no restrictions on who could access them.

Who Would You Share Your Funding With?

Who Would You Share Your Funding With?

I want to see whether the wisdom of crowds does a better job than conventional grant review at supporting research, says Johan Bollen.