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Retractions

The “Voinnet Case”

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Retractions

The “Voinnet Case”

Aside from one retraction, eight articles of ETH Zürich plant biologist Olivier Voinnet have been corrected by the journals so far. Large parts of the scientific community, however, are not exactly satisfied with them.

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The Rising Heroes of the Coronavirus Era? Nations' Top Scientists

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The Rising Heroes of the Coronavirus Era? Nations' Top Scientists

Scientists in Europe are becoming household names, fulfilling societies' emotional and practical need for the truth.

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Reproducibility
Machine Learning

Could Machine Learning Fuel a Reproducibility Crisis in Science?

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Machine Learning

Could Machine Learning Fuel a Reproducibility Crisis in Science?

'Data leakage' threatens the reliability of machine-learning use across disciplines, researchers warn.

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Open Science

Nature Will Publish Peer Review Reports As a Trial

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Nature Will Publish Peer Review Reports As a Trial

Research involves deep discussions between authors and reviewers. Starting this week, readers of some Nature Research journals will be able to see this up close.

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Plan S

Plan S Impact Survey

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Plan S

Plan S Impact Survey

cOAlition S values the opinion of all researchers. We want to understand if and how Plan S affects your publishing practices and your views on Open Access.

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UK
International

UK Announces Russia Sanctions in Line with EU Measures

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UK
International

UK Announces Russia Sanctions in Line with EU Measures

The UK has followed much of the rest of Europe and announced its own scientific sanctions against Russia, leaving the US, which has still not issued any centralised guidance, increasingly isolated in its inaction. After reviewing its Russian links, the UK has said its research and innovation funding organisations will not start any new projects with Russia. Payments to existing projects "with a Russian dimension" have been paused pending an assessment of which ones "benefit the Russian regime."

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Academia
Society

STEM-in-Society Programs Deserve Institutional Support

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Society

STEM-in-Society Programs Deserve Institutional Support

STEM-in-society programs have proven their utility and have never been more needed-but they are in jeopardy nationwide.
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Peer Review

Academics' Top Tips for Publishing Success

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Peer Review

Academics' Top Tips for Publishing Success

Is your resolution for the new academic year to publish more? Here, 16 scholars give advice on pitching, editing and writing – and dealing with negative peer reviews.

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Early Career Researchers
Funding

Four Ways to Fight Science-Funding Cuts Across Europe

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Early Career Researchers
Funding

Four Ways to Fight Science-Funding Cuts Across Europe

Junior researchers need to engage with policymakers, institutions, funders and media outlets to argue against planned budget cut-backs.

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Open Science

Promoting Open Science: A Holistic Approach to Changing Behaviour

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Promoting Open Science: A Holistic Approach to Changing Behaviour

In this article, we provide a toolbox of recommendations and resources for those aspiring to promote the uptake of open scientific practices.

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Social Sciences

Social Sciences Alliance Sounds Alarm Over Competitiveness Focus

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Social Sciences

Social Sciences Alliance Sounds Alarm Over Competitiveness Focus

EU’s R&I programme should aid society, alliance says, including through collaborative and multidisciplinary funding.

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Metrics

Obama Wrote the Year's Most Talked-About Science Paper

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Metrics

Obama Wrote the Year's Most Talked-About Science Paper

That’s just one of the highlights from a new analysis of buzzworthy publications

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Scientists, Please Run for Office. The Planet Needs You.

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Scientists, Please Run for Office. The Planet Needs You.

The country desperately needs more egghead lawmakers. Right now, Capitol Hill has almost none.

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Collaboration

Cheap Flights Increase Research Collaboration, Study Finds

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Cheap Flights Increase Research Collaboration, Study Finds

Expansion of US carrier associated with an increase in partnerships of more than 30 percent.

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Climate

Scientists Worldwide Join Strikes for Climate Change

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Scientists Worldwide Join Strikes for Climate Change

From Bangkok to Brisbane, researchers were among those who protested to urge action on global warming.

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Biomedicine

Imaging Methods Are Vastly Underreported in Biomedical Research

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Imaging Methods Are Vastly Underreported in Biomedical Research

The poor reporting of imaging methods in the scientific literature is hindering the evaluation and replication of biomedical research.

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Ukraine
Research

The Fight to Keep Ukrainian Science Alive Through a Year of War

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Research

The Fight to Keep Ukrainian Science Alive Through a Year of War

Researchers say science is bleeding in Ukraine - but they are determined to sustain their work with help from other nations.

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Science Communication
Statistics

Communicating Science: The "significance" of Statistics

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Communicating Science: The "significance" of Statistics

Statistical significance and scientific importance are distinct, equally valuable aspects of communicating the significance of statistics in research
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Foresight
Business

Google Is Ramping Up Pharma Activity

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Foresight
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Google Is Ramping Up Pharma Activity

Google more than doubled investments its pharma investments in each of the last two years.

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Europe

Pact for Research & Innovation: the Foundations of the European Research Area Still Valid and Unavoidable

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Pact for Research & Innovation: the Foundations of the European Research Area Still Valid and Unavoidable

Launched two decades ago, the European Research Area (ERA) has made limited progress. The ERC Scientific Council fully supports renewed efforts for further development.

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Science
Fake News

Most Americans Do Trust Scientists and Science-based Policy-making

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Science
Fake News

Most Americans Do Trust Scientists and Science-based Policy-making

Most Americans think government investments in scientific research are "worthwhile investments for society over time", according to a survey on public perceptions of science.

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AI
Risk

AI Doom Warnings Are Getting Louder. Are They Realistic?

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AI
Risk

AI Doom Warnings Are Getting Louder. Are They Realistic?

Researchers are increasingly sounding the alarm that artificial intelligence could end humanity. But such doomsday warnings carry their own risks.
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Publishing
Preprints

Pre-print Open Access Site arXiv Surpasses Billion Download Mark

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Preprints

Pre-print Open Access Site arXiv Surpasses Billion Download Mark

The pre-print database for scientists to test the peer-review waters was set up in 1991 as a relatively simple electronic bulletin board on a single computer. Twenty-six years later, the site arXiv.org has surpassed a full billion downloads of papers and receives more than 10 million submissions each month.

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COVID-19

Universities Are Adjusting Review, Promotion, and Tenure Expectations Due to COVID-19

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COVID-19

Universities Are Adjusting Review, Promotion, and Tenure Expectations Due to COVID-19

The emergence of COVID-19 has drastically upended the academic enterprise. Because of physical distancing, many non-tenured faculty members are facing additional, unexpected obstacles in their promotion and tenure trajectory. Transitioning classes to online learning environments will detract from research efforts, and winding down laboratory operations will result in a more direct reduction in research output.…

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Science Communication

How to structure the discussion part in your journal article

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Science Communication

How to structure the discussion part in your journal article

Helping scientists communicate: The CommKit is a collection of guides to successful scientific communication, written by MIT’s Department of Biological Engineering Communication Fellows.

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Horizon Europe

Grant Success Rates Are Up Compared with Horizon 2020

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Horizon Europe

Grant Success Rates Are Up Compared with Horizon 2020

Success rates for researchers applying for Horizon Europe grants stand at 15.8% according to preliminary data, an improvement on the 'unacceptably low' level of 12% in the previous EU research programme, Horizon 2020.

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Open Access

An analysis of Wellcome Trust OA spend

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Open Access

An analysis of Wellcome Trust OA spend

To help make the costs around open access more transparent, the Wellcome Trust has published details on how much it spent on article processing charges in the year 2013-14.

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Monographs
Open Access
Publishing

Curtin Develops Cyber Knowledge Bank for Open Access Books

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Monographs
Open Access
Publishing

Curtin Develops Cyber Knowledge Bank for Open Access Books

Curtin University researchers will help create a new international data trust to improve the measurement and analysis of open-access (OA) books.

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Evaluation
Research Assessment

COVID is Amplifying the Inadequacy of Research-Evaluation Processes

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Evaluation
Research Assessment

COVID is Amplifying the Inadequacy of Research-Evaluation Processes

Systems for assessing scientists' work must properly account for a lost year of research - especially for female researchers.

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Equality

How nations fare in PhDs by sex

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How nations fare in PhDs by sex

How women and men fare in doctoral studies around the world.

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