Journal Clubs in the Time of Preprints
Early-career researchers can learn about peer review by discussing preprints at journal clubs and sending feedback to the authors.
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The Monarch’s Stupendous Migration, Dissected
A cartoon showing how the feisty orange-black butterfly uses a toolbox of biological tricks to find its way down to Mexico for winter and flap north again in spring.
Outstanding Inventors from France, Germany, Ireland, Netherlands, Switzerland and the US Honoured with European Inventor Award 2018
Outstanding Inventors from France, Germany, Ireland, Netherlands, Switzerland and the US Honoured with European Inventor Award 2018
The EPO announced the winners of the European Inventor Award 2018 at a ceremony today in Paris, Saint-Germain-en-Laye, attended by some 600 guests from the areas of politics, business, intellectual property, science and academia.
Microsoft’s Purchase of GitHub Leaves Some Scientists Uneasy
They fear the online platform used for collaborating on research data and software will become less open, but other researchers say the buyout could make GitHub more useful.
The Institutionalized Racism of Scholarly Publishing
Publishing exclusively in English can cause the deterioration of a culture’s local knowledge, brain drain, and hinder the emergence of important research. There are scholarly journals from the Global South who won’t flip to open access because they know they will be immediately labelled as predatory. Fixing these problems will require reconsidering how we talk about predatory publishers, no longer recommending blacklists, and using databases beyond Scopus and Web of Science.
Top Universities’ Journal Subscriptions ‘Average £4 Million’
Average spending has increased by 19 per cent in four years, Freedom of Information requests reveal.
Harassers Aren't Brilliant Jerks, They're Bad Scientists--and They Cost All of Us
Tolerating bad behavior means wasted tax dollars, disrupted scientific advancements and weakened innovation.
Sexual Harassment Isn’t Just About Sex: Groundbreaking Report Details Persistent Hostility Female Scientists Face
Sexual Harassment Isn’t Just About Sex: Groundbreaking Report Details Persistent Hostility Female Scientists Face
National Academies urge cultural change to curb sexist treatment of women
Hybrid OA Journal Monitor
An open source dashboard presenting the uptake of hybrid open access for 3,347 different journals from 42 publishers between 2013 and 2018.
Trump's NASA Chief Changed His Mind on Climate Change. He Is a Scientific Hero.
When asked why he changed his mind, Bridenstine told The Washington Post, "I heard a lot of experts, and I read a lot. I came to the conclusion myself that carbon dioxide is a greenhouse gas, that we've put a lot of it into the atmosphere, and therefore we have contributed to the global warming that we've seen."
An Astronaut Will Be Spain’s New Science Minister
Pedro Duque, who has been on two space missions, is the best-known face in a Cabinet lineup with more women than men.
Leading Salk Scientist Resigns After Allegations of Harassment
Cancer biologist Inder Verma quit as board considered investigation’s findings.
Stakeholders Open Consultation
Feedback on Rules of Participation from all the relevant stakeholders is essential for the European Open Science Cloud.
CORE Becomes the World’s Largest Aggregator
As of May 2018, CORE has aggregated over 131 million article metadata records, 93 million abstracts, 11 million hosted and validated full texts and over 78 million direct links to research papers hosted on other websites.
When It Comes to Reproducible Science, Git Is Code for Success
And the key to its popularity is the online repository and social network, GitHub.
Six Principles for Assessing Scientists for Hiring, Promotion, and Tenure
Science Europe Reaction to the European Commission Proposal on Horizon Europe
Science Europe Reaction to the European Commission Proposal on Horizon Europe
Science Europe recognises the proposed budget increase for the period 2021-2027 but remains disappointed that this increase does not live up to the ambitious scenarios that the European Commission defended in front of the Heads of States and Governments in March 2018.
Has Google Become a Journal Publisher?
Google's journal about artificial intelligence (AI) coming from editors and authors associated with Google and Google Brain raises questions about conflicts, vanity publishing, and Google as a media company.
EU to World: Join Our EUR100-Billion Research Programme
European Commission’s next seven-year science-funding scheme - its biggest ever - will allow any country to join for a price. The proposal confirms that the programme will be open to all countries for the first time, which will allow the UK to take part after Brexit.
QS World University Rankings 2019
MIT tops the list for a record seventh consecutive year. ETH Zurich ranks seventh - its best ranking ever. EPFL also in top 25.
Million-Dollar Kavli Prize Recognizes Scientist Scooped on CRISPR
Award goes to biochemists Virginijus Siksnys, whose lab independently developed the gene-editing tool, Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer Doudna.
Turning FAIR Data into Reality: Interim Report from the European Commission Expert Group on FAIR Data
Turning FAIR Data into Reality: Interim Report from the European Commission Expert Group on FAIR Data
Detailed recommendations and specific actions for different stakeholders for making FAIR data a reality.
Scientific Productivity: An Exploratory Study of Metrics and Incentives
Scientific Productivity: An Exploratory Study of Metrics and Incentives
Current bibliometric incentives discourage innovative studies and encourage scientists to shift their research to subjects already actively investigated.
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