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Far from driving scientific progress, competition is actually taking a negative toll on research output. We need a new model of working that encourages transparency, openness and may improve research standards.
Trump puts tariffs on Chinese technology and China retaliates with taxes on US chemicals.
A fundraising pitch involves vastly different style and substance than a scientific talk. Entrepreneurial scientists and engineers need to understand and manage the differences.
The Free Journal Network was established earlier this year in order to nurture and promote journals that are free to both authors and readers and run according to the Fair Open Access Principles.
One estimate puts the number of papers in questionable journals at 400'000.
Provided that adequate security safeguards were in place, most participants were willing to share their data for a wide range of uses.
Using version control and continuous integration, to create a modern data management system.
A regular pastime can ease mental stress, improve work–life balance and help scientists to reach innovative solutions in their work.
Science needs to reckon with the #MeToo moment, and it needs to do so immediately, says a new report from the prestigious National Academies of Sciences.
Compared to White adults in the United States, Black adults are two-thirds as likely to hold a college degree and Latino adults are only half as likely – with both groups attaining degrees at a lower rate in 2016 than White adults did back in 1990, according to a new report by The Education Trust.
Blockchain technology challenges the traditional Scientific Research and Publishing Process.
European Commission data and case studies covering access to scientific publications. Bibliometric data as well as well as data on the policies of journals and funders are available.
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Why was the agreement with Elsevier not renewed?
Many of history's greatest scientists were also refugees. These are their stories.
Reward the creation of analyses for policymakers that are inclusive, rigorous, transparent and accessible.
Persistent identifiers (PIDs) provide unique keys for people, places, and things, which supports the research process by facilitating search, discovery, recognition, and collaboration. This article reviews the main PIDs used in research (DOIs, ORCIDs, ...), as well as demonstrating how they are being used, and how, in combination, they can increase trust in research and the research infrastructure.
Latin American researchers have a specific social commitment to ensure that their work is accessible and contributing to the good of their communities, says Victoriano Colodrón.
Students need to be given real and significant things from the world to think with and about if teachers want to influence how they do that thinking.
Yet another comprehensive list of open science resources.
Biochemist Juliet Gerrard will advise the government on key science issues when she takes up the position next month.
"Their profit margins are bigger than oil and gas. Most people don’t know this,” explains Alyssa Arbuckle, Associate Director of a digital humanities lab at the University of Victoria.
Mobilising value from science and technology needs help from thinkers, designers, makers, policymakers, and enablers - and this expertise often sits in the humanities, arts and social sciences domain.
A list with some open tools and resources, which hopefully, someone will find useful.
