How Universities Unlock its Power to Innovate
In a paper published today, the League of European Research Universities (LERU) looks at interdisciplinarity as a powerful driver of knowledge creation, scientific progress and innovation.
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Publishing Better Science through Better Data 2016
Publishing Better Science through Better Data 2016
All the videos and slides from #scidata16.
The Journal Impact Factor Should Not Be Discarded
The Journal Impact Factor (JIF) has been heavily criticized over decades. This opinion piece argues that the JIF should not be demonized. It still can be employed for research evaluation purposes by carefully considering the context and academic environment.
No Full-Text Access to Elsevier Journals to Be Expected from 1 January 2017
No Full-Text Access to Elsevier Journals to Be Expected from 1 January 2017
More than 60 major German research institutions are to be expected to have no access to the full texts of journals by the publisher Elsevier from 1 January 2017 on, among them Göttingen University with 440 Elsevier journals.
Best Universities in the World for Learning to Code
A worldwide coding competition reveals the universities producing the very best coders.
The Proof of the Pudding: University Responses to The European Research Council
Author-Initiated Peer Review of Manuscripts
A little over 1 year ago, the American Society for Microbiology (ASM) launched mSphere as an open-access, online, pan-microbial sciences journal. We established two major goals: publish cutting-edge science and implement policies and processes to make the publication experience less onerous for authors.
How Long Do Top Scientists Maintain Their Stardom?
Research performance of all Italian professors in the sciences over three consecutive four-year periods.
A New Impact Factor in the New Publication Landscape
The measurement of Impact Factor – how many citations a publication or a researcher is able to attract, is one of the most controversial yet most widely used quality indicators in science.
The 21st Century Cures Act — A View from the NIH
A perspective by Kathy L. Hudson and Francis S. Collins on the 21st Century Cures Act.
SciLite
A platform for displaying text-mined annotations as a means to link research articles with biological data
Simply Studying Populism Is No Longer Enough
Sociologist Matthijs Rooduijn explains why the darkening political mood must force academics to step up and choose sides.
CiteScore–Flawed But Still A Game Changer
The real innovation of CiteScore is not another performance metric, but a new marketing model focused on editors.
Letting Researchers Choose Their Peer Reviewers Gets Another Shot
The open-access microbiology journal mSphere will give authors a "super-fast track" option toward publication. The idea has some ardent fans, but is also drawing doubts.
A Blueprint for Getting More Women into Information Technology
How to address high tech’s missing XX factor
Million-dollar babies
Million-dollar babies
As Silicon Valley fights for talent, universities struggle to hold on to their stars
I Made My Grant Application Public
If funding applications were made under open access, science would benefit from more universal scrutiny.
Open Science Must Be Promoted by All Means Necessary
Finland aiming to have open access to all scientific publications by 2020.
Comparing Impact Factor and Scopus CiteScore
A preliminary analysis of the new Elsevier's CiteScore journal metric.
What Do We Know?
A look at the literature reveals shortcomings in the way OA and subscription models are being compared and suggests how future studies could build on existing research to provide a more accurate picture
CRISPR Heavyweights Battle in US Patent Court
The University of California, Berkeley, and the Broad Institute are vying for lucrative rights to the gene-editing system.
The Economy’s Hidden Problem: We’re Out of Big Ideas
Dwindling gains in science, medicine and technology hold back growth; is America too risk-averse?
NIH Director Francis Collins Says he Would Remain in Post Under Trump
NIH Director Dr. Francis Collins said Friday that it would be a "privilege" to remain in that post if asked to stay by President-elect Donald Trump.
Peer Review Post-mortem: How a Flawed Aging Study was Published in Nature
How could an article with numerous shortcomings be published in top-tier journal Nature? Hester van Santen reveals how the gate-keepers of science knowingly let flawed research slip through.
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