Measuring metrics
A 40-year longitudinal cross-validation of citations, downloads, and peer review in astrophysics
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Opening up scientific publishing for the Flickr generation
Figshare has brought science publishing into the digital age so that academics can publish and share their research fully
Want a favorable peer review? Buy one
Want a favorable peer review? Buy one
Peer review hacking, where a fake identity is used to write a favorable review, is of growing concern to journal editors.
Vice President Biden Calls for Open Access, Open Data and New Incentives
Vice President Joe Biden has met with thousands of stakeholders across all sectors, seeking suggestions for how to remove the barriers that are currently blocking progress in science, research, and development.
The Prevalence of Inappropriate Image Duplication in Biomedical Research Publications
The Prevalence of Inappropriate Image Duplication in Biomedical Research Publications
This study attempted to determine the percentage of published papers containing inappropriate image duplication, a specific type of inaccurate data.
US tops global research performance
The Nature Index tracks the affiliations of high-quality scientific articles.
EU excludes open source from new tech standards
Op-ed: Big US companies could use patent licensing to throttle EU startups.
Data sharing pilot to report and reflect on data policy challenges
This week, FORCE2016 is taking place in Portland, USA. The FORCE11 yearly conference is devoted to the utilisation of technological and open science advancements towards a new-age scholarship founded on easily accessible, organised and reproducible research data.
Editorial control is a critical part of open peer review
Editorial control is a critical part of open peer review
I get the feeling that some researchers regard public, post-publication peer review as a non-rigorous, non-structured and poor alternative to traditional peer review...
Troubled from the start
Pivotal moments in the history of academic refereeing have occurred at times when the public status of science was being renegotiated.
Why do women choose or reject careers in academic medicine?
A narrative review of empirical evidence
Innovative Companies Get Their Best Ideas from Academic Research
Government-funded research is behind any significant new product
European Cloud Initiative to give Europe a global lead in the data-driven economy
The Commission today presented its blueprint for cloud-based services and world-class data infrastructure to ensure science, business and public services reap benefits of big data revolution.
UK government pulls back from rule ‘gagging’ researchers
Research council grants will escape anti-lobbying crackdown, government confirms.
Cancer Research Is Broken
There’s a replication crisis in biomedicine—and no one even knows how deep it runs.
Merging Career And Motherhood, In Simultaneous Practice
Psychologist Tania Lombrozo and a colleague, both moms, built an academic conference keeping in mind parents who are trying to juggle the competing demands of caregiving and professional advancement.
The Unintended Consequences of the New Focus on Replicating Scientific Research
The Unintended Consequences of the New Focus on Replicating Scientific Research
And how to fix them. By Ivan Oransky and Adam Marcus.
It's time to stand up to greedy academic publishers
The UK’s higher education institutions spend more than £180m on journal subscriptions every year. We need to come together and create a better system
You Pay to Read Research You Fund
Saying that Sci-Hub is about copyright infringement is like saying the Boston Tea Party was about late-night vandalism.
Britain’s scientists must not be gagged
A ban on state-funded academics using their work to question government policy is to begin on 1 May. It’s either a cock-up or a conspiracy
Why A Culture of Preprints Developed in Physics, But Not Biology
Scientific journal policies, physics' head start with arXiv, and differences in the culture of the two disciplines may all play a role.
How grad students get paid affects where they work
Surprising results add to fierce debate over how NIH funds graduate students
NSF test finds eliminating deadlines halves number of grant proposals
NSF geosciences advisory committee reveales the preliminary results from a pilot program that got rid of grant proposal deadlines in favor of an anytime submission.
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