Ending Coronavirus Lockdowns Will Be a Dangerous Process of Trial and Error
There's no scientific consensus on when it's safe to reopen schools, businesses, restaurants, and bars
Geologist's Sacking Prompts Outcry
Researchers say that Irina Artemieva's dismissal from the University of Copenhagen runs counter to international academic standards.
Publish or perish? Metrics and research diversity
If we want to embed equality and diversity in research culture, any future use of metrics to assess research must not adversely affect specific groups or researchers.
Supercharge Your Research: a Ten-week Plan for Open Data Science
Researchers share tips for transforming your group with open data science and teamwork.
Europe Must Take Urgent Copyright Law Action To Support Distance Learning & Research During the Coronavirus Pandemic
Europe Must Take Urgent Copyright Law Action To Support Distance Learning & Research During the Coronavirus Pandemic
During this unprecedented global emergency, LIBER calls on European Commissioners, Member State governments, publishers and authors to urgently help libraries, universities and other educational establishments, so that they can continue supplying researchers, teachers and students with access to books, archives and other instructional materials.
What can article-level metrics do for you?
In this essay, we describe why article-level metrics are an important extension of traditional citation-based journal metrics and provide a number of example from Article-level metrics data collected for PLOS Biology.
Trust in Research
Elsevier's new report with Sense About Science about how to make research more reliable and less burdensome.
Former Harvard Researcher Who Harassed Postdoc Sparks Row at Italian Institute
Former Harvard Researcher Who Harassed Postdoc Sparks Row at Italian Institute
A research institute that appointed Pier Paolo Pandolfi as its scientific director has reversed its decision after internal protests.
Overcoming the Language Barrier
Climanosco believes that changing the language can make the debate around climate science can become more inclusive. The organisation publishes papers that have been reviewed by teams of both scientists and laypeople.
NIH to Host Webinar on Sharing, Discovering, and Citing COVID-19 Data and Code in Generalist Repositories on April 24 | Data Science at NIH
NIH to Host Webinar on Sharing, Discovering, and Citing COVID-19 Data and Code in Generalist Repositories on April 24 | Data Science at NIH
The National Library of Medicine (NLM) at the National Institutes of Health is hosting a free webinar for researchers to learn how to share, discover, and cite COVID-19 data and code in generalist repositories on April 24 from 2-3:45 p.m. ET.
Tackling Science's 'Nasty Photoshop Problem'
Carrying out Qualitative Research Under Lockdown - Practical and Ethical Considerations
Carrying out Qualitative Research Under Lockdown - Practical and Ethical Considerations
How can qualitative researchers collect data during social-distancing measures?
Major Journals ‘Publishing Papers from Russian-Controlled Ukraine’
Ukrainian researchers urge publishing sector giants to “end de facto cooperation with Russia”.
Crossref initiatives will support reporting to funders
Now that most major research funders require researchers to make their outputs available in open access (OA), new developments in the field are coming faster than ever.
Accord
Accord
Science International has developed an international accord on the values of open data in the emerging scientific culture of big data. Endorsements are welcome until 1 May 2016.
Accelerating Scholarly Communication: The Transformative Role of Preprints
Study explores the place of preprints in the research lifecycle from the points of view of researchers, research performing organisations, research funding organisations and preprint servers/service providers.
How Scientists Could Stop the Next Pandemic Before It Starts
Researchers believe they could pre-emptively create vaccines and drugs to fight a wide range of viral threats - if they can get sufficient funding.
The Pandemic Is Pushing Scientists To Rethink How They Read Research Papers
The Pandemic Is Pushing Scientists To Rethink How They Read Research Papers
The coronavirus pandemic has posed a special challenge for scientists: Figuring out how to make sense of a flood of scientific papers from labs and scientists unfamiliar to them.
EU Urged to Exempt Research Spending from Deficit Rules
Science just wants to be free
On how scientific publishers are struggling to maintain their stranglehold over scientists.
Naomi Oreskes: 'Discrediting Science is a Political Strategy'
The Harvard professor on science and scepticism - and why climate deniers have run out of excuses.
Coronavirus Is Forcing Medical Research to Speed Up
What does it mean for science - and public health - that scientific journals are now publishing research at warp speed?
The Allure of the Journal Impact Factor Holds Firm, Despite Its Flaws
The Allure of the Journal Impact Factor Holds Firm, Despite Its Flaws
Many researchers still see the journal impact factor (JIF) as a key metric for promotions and tenure, despite concerns that it’s a flawed measure of a researcher’s value.
How scientists can reduce their carbon footprint?
Cutting down on long-distance air travel is the best way to reduce the emission of greenhouse gases by the scientific community.
Has the European Commission Listened to Its Advisors on FP10?
An Energy Breakthrough Could Store Solar Power for Decades
Researchers in Sweden have created a molecule that offers a way to trap heat from the sun.
Science Europe sets out Vision of Ideal Research Culture
Association of research funding and performing organisations wants more diversity, collaboration and societal impact.
Top Tips to Make Your Research Irreproducible
It is an unfortunate convention of science that research should pretend to be reproducible; our top tips will help you mitigate this fussy conventionality, enabling you to enthusiastically showcase your irreproducible work.