In this interview Robert Harington asks Daniel Hook (CEO of Digital Science and co-author of the new Digital Science report. How COVID-19 is Changing Research Culture) about his views on fundamental shifts in research culture as a result of the COVID-19 global pandemic.
Following an intense period of consultation and co-design, we are excited to unveil our first wave of projects, which will run for the remainder of RoRI's pilot phase (until autumn 2021). We are also delighted to announce our partners, who will be collaborating in the design and delivery of these projects.
It's 38C in Siberia. The science may be complicated - but the need for action now couldn't be clearer, says climate scientist Tamsin Edwards.
In the face of this crisis, we need research to be shared faster.
Achieving the global benefits of artificial intelligence (AI) will require international cooperation on many areas of governance and ethical standards, while allowing for diverse cultural perspectives and priorities.
I have tried to live in a world that does not see color but have only succeeded in living in a world that does not see me, says Kafui Dzirasa.
The rapid sharing of pandemic research shows there is a better way to filter good science from bad.
Code for Science & Society aim to improve access to open data science practices and tools and support communities in open data science to grow sustainably and inclusively.
The agency has outlined actions it may take to deal with bullies and harassers, but it still relies on universities to report bad behaviour.
Three studies showing large DNA deletions and reshuffling heighten safety concerns about heritable genome editing.
Which would you trust more, a research article posted as a preprint, or one that has been published after peer review? The reality is that all science communicated via either mechanism should be read with a discerning and critical eye.
Along with healthcare providers around the world, the Wellcome Trust PhD fellow Karin Purshouse is seeing the need for fast-tracked guidance on the virus and patient treatment.
Science Advances article on diabetes drug co-authored by Mauro Ferrari retracted after readers spot irregularities
There is wide agreement with the principles of Open Science in economics. This is shown by a ZBW study. However, there is still room for development regarding the implementation of Open Science on a b
The faculty job market plays a fundamental role in shaping research priorities, educational outcomes, and career trajectories among scientists and institutions. However, a quantitative understanding of faculty hiring as a system is lacking. Using a simple technique to extract the institutional prestige ranking that best explains an observed faculty hiring network-who hires whose graduates as faculty-we present and analyze comprehensive placement data on nearly 19,000 regular faculty in three disparate disciplines. Across disciplines, we find that faculty hiring follows a common and steeply hierarchical structure that reflects profound social inequality. Furthermore, doctoral prestige alone better predicts ultimate placement than a U.S. News & World Report rank, women generally place worse than men, and increased institutional prestige leads to increased faculty production, better faculty placement, and a more influential position within the discipline. These results advance our ability to quantify the influence of prestige in academia and shed new light on the academic system.
Are impact factors manipulated by a large-scale practice of self-citation?
This article examines how the number of downloads from Sci-hub as well as various characteristics of publications and their authors predicts future citations.
In the current system of pre-publication peer review, which papers are scrutinized most thoroughly?
It’s not the first time masculine ideology has driven resistance to a public health initiative.
