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Canada Begins Search for Chief Science Adviser

Canada Begins Search for Chief Science Adviser

The government will accept applications for the job until 27 January 2017. It is not yet clear how large the adviser’s staff will be, or how the post will be funded.

Breakthrough Awards $25m to Researchers at 'Oscars of Science'

Breakthrough Awards $25m to Researchers at 'Oscars of Science'

Huda Zoghbi, Stephen Elledge, Jean Bourgain, Joe Polchinski and other researchers in life sciences, fundamental physics and mathematics share awards from prize founders Yuri Milner, Mark Zuckerberg and Sergey Brin.

Time to Overhaul the Secretive Peer Review Process

Time to Overhaul the Secretive Peer Review Process

Two features of peer review subvert the goals of science: reviews are kept secret and reviewers are usually anonymous, argues Jeffrey S. Flier.

Vote now for the Open Science Prize

Vote now for the Open Science Prize

Vote now for he Open Science Prize, a collaboration between the Wellcome Trust, the US NIH and the HHMI to unleash the power of open content and data to advance biomedical research and its application for health benefit.

Battle Over US Overtime Pay Rules Leaves Many Postdocs in Limbo

Battle Over US Overtime Pay Rules Leaves Many Postdocs in Limbo

Institutions struggle to respond after court blocks regulations that would have increased wages for junior researchers.

Tool to Access Bibliometrics for Papers Associated with a Portfolio

Tool to Access Bibliometrics for Papers Associated with a Portfolio

iCite allows users ti upload the PubMed IDs of articles of interest, optionally grouping them for comparison. It then displays the number of articles, articles per year, citations per year, and Relative Citation Ratio, a field-normalized metric that shows the citation impact of one or more articles relative to the average NIH-funded paper.

How to Keep Up with the Scientific Literature

How to Keep Up with the Scientific Literature

Are you having trouble staying on top of the ever-growing body of scientific knowledge? Science Careers asked a few scientists to discuss how they keep up with the literature.

Honest Mistakes in Research

Honest Mistakes in Research

Times Higher Education is looking at what happens when academics make an honest mistake in their research. Can you take the time to answer four simple questions?You will not be asked to leave your name, email address or any other personal information. We cannot track who has taken part.The survey is completely anonymous, so please answer honestly.

Post-truth: A Guide for the Perplexed

Post-truth: A Guide for the Perplexed

If politicians can lie without condemnation, what are scientists to do? Kathleen Higgins offers some explanation.

Wiley Becomes First Major Publisher to Require ORCID IDs for Submitting Authors

Wiley Becomes First Major Publisher to Require ORCID IDs for Submitting Authors

John Wiley & Sons Inc. announced today plans to require ORCID iDs as part of the manuscript submission process for a large number of journals. Beginning in winter 2016, more than 500 Wiley journals using ScholarOne Manuscripts will require the submitting author (only) to provide an ORCID identifier (iD) when submitting a manuscript. Wiley is proud to be the first major publisher to join other stakeholders that have signed ORCID’s open letter.

Jisc Collections and Elsevier agreement: Questions and Answers

Jisc Collections and Elsevier agreement: Questions and Answers

On behalf of UK institutions, Jisc Collections has signed an agreement with Elsevier, covering access to research publications. The five-year, opt-in agreement offers subscription access to around 2,116 journals on Elsevier’s ScienceDirect online platform.

Congress Poised to Pass Sweeping Biomedical Innovation Bill

Congress Poised to Pass Sweeping Biomedical Innovation Bill

Congress is poised to approve a massive piece of legislation that would provide the National Institutes of Health (NIH) with $4.8 billion over the next decade for a set of research initiatives, including brain and cancer research and efforts to develop so-called precision medicine treatments that are tailored to an individual’s genetic makeup.