U.K. research charity will self-publish results from its grantees
Wellcome Trust looks to save money and time communicating the research it funds.
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NIH awards $55 million to build million-person precision medicine study
Launch expected later this year.
Hate journal impact factors? New study gives you one more reason
Analysis finds citation rankings can be very misleading.
Multiple Citation Indicators and Their Composite across Scientific Disciplines
Multiple Citation Indicators and Their Composite across Scientific Disciplines
Citation indicators addressing total impact, co-authorship, and author positions offer complementary insights about impact. This article shows that a composite score including six citation indicators identifies extremely influential scientists better than single indicators.
The measure of success
Rather than focusing on what members of underrepresented groups need to do to “adapt” to academic culture, we should be interrogating the system itself, which expects all of us to work excessively at the expense of our physical and mental health.
EU tells Swiss no single market access if no free movement of citizens
Swiss-EU talks reveal determination of EU to make no concessions to UK over Brexit terms.
Citizen science: how the net is changing the role of amateur researchers
Scientific advances have always drawn on the work of non-professionals. Even more so now, thanks to technology.
Are research papers becoming too complex?
Research papers in the life sciences have become increasingly dense, potentially making them harder for reviewers to understand.
Why I Am Suing the Government
The Computer Fraud and Abuse Act is alarming. Like many researchers in computing and social science, writing scripts, bots, or scrapers that collect online data is a normal part of my work.
The number games
In our global survey on innovations in scholarly communication, we asked researchers what tools they use for a large number of activities across the research cycle.
Some things you need to know about Google Scholar
Google Scholar is great, but its inclusiveness and mix of automatically updated and hand-curated profiles means you should never take any of its numbers at face value.
The impact of global HE trends on Latin America
The paper, ‘Global trends and their impact on Latin America: the role of the state and the private sector in the provision of higher education’, traces the impact of global trends in higher education on the region.
Cutting through the Mysteries of Journal and Article Pricing
APCs are priced to reflect what the market will bear, which may or may not having anything to do with actual cost, since the “journal’s editorial and technical processes” are only one factor in the overall pricing.
ArXiv preprint server plans multimillion-dollar overhaul
Users urge caution in revamp of service at the heart of physics.
He Thinks He’s Untouchable
Michael Katze, famous for his studies of Ebola and the flu, ran a lab at the University of Washington where intoxication and sexual harassment went unchecked, and where he misused public resources for personal gain, according to two investigations obtained by BuzzFeed News.
Denmark, a new design for innovation
Denmark, a new design for innovation - 2014-2019, speech by Carlos Moedas.
You Probably Won't Get Tenure. Get Your Ph.D. Anyway.
The one broadly marketable skill a humanist might acquire in graduate school is the ability to teach.
Researchers turn to crowdfunding for support outside universities
Sites like Patreon and Kickstarter allow backers to fund independent scholars, but for now, the sums are small.
Meet the challenge of interdisciplinary science
Problems of modern society demand collaborative research.
These 109 Nobel laureates have finally had enough of Greenpeace’s anti-GMO campaign
These 109 Nobel laureates have finally had enough of Greenpeace’s anti-GMO campaign
Greenpeace accepts climate science. So why do they dismiss the science around GMOs?
Interdisciplinary research has consistently lower funding success
An analysis of Australian Research Council data reveals grant proposals that integrate a broad array of academic fields are less likely to be funded.
New federal funding process for research leaves scientists stewing in frustration
Don’t change your family-friendly tenure extension policy just yet
An analysis to the NYT article entitled "A Family-Friendly Policy That’s Friendliest to Male Professors"
Examining the differences between the motivations of traditional and entrepreneurial scientists
Examining the differences between the motivations of traditional and entrepreneurial scientists
Motivational differences among specific groups of researchers at 20 Hungarian higher education institutions.
The Domino Effects of Federal Research Funding
Paper examining whether federal research investment serves as a complement or substitute for state and local government, nonprofit, and industry research investment using the population of research-active academic science fields at U.S. doctoral granting institutions.
Building successful collaborations
Explore the benefits of building bridges and pick up some tips about how to do it in this collection of articles from our archives.
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