What 23 Researchers Have Done with European Research Council Funding
As the European Research Council celebrates its 10-year anniversary, researchers reveal what more than €12bn of ERC funding has supported.
From Little Science to Big Science
The number of researchers doubles every ten to fifteen years. In his manuscript, Gottfried Schatz highlights the problems which growth creates for science. He explains the difference between knowledge and science and the reason why less knowledge and more science should be taught in our kindergartens, schools and universities.
Fifty Shades of Hybrid Conferences: Why Publishers Should Care (and How You Can Help)
Fifty Shades of Hybrid Conferences: Why Publishers Should Care (and How You Can Help)
Since in-person events are likely not going away, and neither are virtual ones, conference organizers are left with the most complex of options: hybrid. How can scholarly publishers help?
Young health researchers consider leaving the country due to funding drought
Nearly half of all young Canadian health researchers say they are seriously considering leaving the country because of lack of financial support, according to an informal survey that comes as the federal government is signalling more support for basic science and for young scientists.
Why We Stand by Our Journalism and Journalists Now More Than Ever
A 2020 survey of journalists in the UK found that over half had experienced online abuse in the previous year. This intimidation often aims to silence important voices and suppress reporting on sensitive issues.
Lockdowns Do Not Harm Health More Than Covid, Say Researchers
Little evidence that social restrictions during the pandemic have added to rates of death and ill-health.
Evolution and convergence of the patterns of international scientific collaboration
Evolution and convergence of the patterns of international scientific collaboration
This study shows that the long-run patterns of international scientific collaboration are generating a convergence between applied and basic fields. This convergence of collaboration patterns across research fields might be one of contributing factors that supports the evolution of scientific disciplines.
Ten Graphs Show How the Research Landscape in EU 2004 Members Has Changed
May 2024 marks 20 years since the EU's largest single enlargement, when 10 countries joined. The data show that great progress has been made in improving research and innovation systems in that time, with more public money being pumped in, more international scientific collaboration, and more private investment.
Why Scientific Consensus Is Worth Taking Seriously
Yes, collective missteps happen. But if anything, history shows how hard it is to get scientists to agree in the first place.
Researchers Sign Petition Backing Plans to End Paywalls
More than 1,400 researchers sign an online letter arguing that Plan S will not impinge on academic freedom, as some critics claim.
Postdocs Trying to Transition to Non-academic Careers Should Be Offered More Support by Their Supervisors and Universities
Postdocs Trying to Transition to Non-academic Careers Should Be Offered More Support by Their Supervisors and Universities
Despite the position being billed as a stepping stone on the way to tenure-track academic employment, many postdocs, discouraged by their poor prospects, are questioning their career choices and instead looking to non-academic jobs as an alternative. However, as Chris Hayter and Marla A. Parker reveal, making this transition is not as easy as it might first appear.
Why We Need to Report More Than 'Data Were Analyzed by t-tests or ANOVA'
Why We Need to Report More Than 'Data Were Analyzed by t-tests or ANOVA'
Many papers in basic biomedical science do not contain the information that is needed to determine what statistical tests were used and to verify the results of these tests.
Scientific Prize Network Predicts Who Pushes the Boundaries of Science
Scientific prizes confer credibility to persons, ideas, and disciplines, provide financial incentives, and promote community-building celebrations. The article examines the growth dynamics and interlocking relationships found in the worldwide scientific prize network.
The Costs of Reproducibility
The potential costs for early-career researchers in adopting practices to improve reproducibility as well as ways in which they can nontheless achieve their career goals.
Data Sharing: Better for Everyone, Especially You!! | PLOS Biologue
Happy Open Data Day 2019! It's that special day of the year again! Well, every day should be Open Data Day, but today lots of motivated folk come together around the world to remind us all why Open Data, Open Science, and sharing of data and science in general is better for everyone. Better for reuse, better for tracking public money flows, better for open mapping and development, and also, lest we lost sight, better for the researcher who produced the data! Why better for the researchers who generated the data? Better because the value add from sharing is multifold. Others can reuse and reanalyse your data. If you've placed the data in a repository with a persistent identifier, you'll get attributed when they are reused and you can get credit for this - and even citations. What may not be immediately obvious is that taking a little bit of time to ensure your data are 'sharable' is good practise that ensures that when you want to use
Models Highlight Inherent Inefficiencies of Scientific Funding Competitions
Scientists waste substantial time writing grant proposals, potentially squandering much of the scientific value of funding programs. This Meta-Research Article shows that, unfortunately, grant-proposal competitions are inevitably inefficient when the number of awards is small, but efficiency can be restored by awarding funds through a modified lottery, or by weighting past research success more heavily in funding decisions.
Why Data Citation Matters to Publishers and Data Repositories
Transparency and reproducibility, reuse, and credit are three key reasons why data sharing and data citation are important for scientific progress.
Why Diversity Helps to Produce Stronger Research
Teams should comprise all gender identities to spark the most innovative endeavours, say researchers.
Scientific articles must be free for everyone to read in the Netherlands
Scientific articles written by Dutch researchers must be accessible for everyone to read free of charge from 2016.
Muting Science: Input Overload Versus Scientific Advice in Swiss Policy Making During the Covid-19 Pandemic
Muting Science: Input Overload Versus Scientific Advice in Swiss Policy Making During the Covid-19 Pandemic
This article explores why the Swiss Federal Council and the Swiss Federal Parliament were reluctant to follow the majority views of the scientific epidemiological community at the beginning of the second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Automatic Generation of Scientific Paper Reviews
Automatic Generation of Scientific Paper Reviews
Peer review is widely viewed as an essential step for ensuring scientific quality of a work and is a cornerstone of scholarly publishing. In this work we investigate the feasibility of a tool capable of generating fake reviews for a given scientific paper automatically.
Political Candidates Who Fight Climate Change Stand to Benefit in Election
Nearly 52% of Floridians favor candidates who reduce climate impacts. About 68% believe the state should take more action on climate issues and 67% feel the federal government should as well. Notably, 88% acknowledge climate change is occurring. About 75% of respondents advocate for a diversified energy mix to include more electricity produced by renewable sources. Nearly 73% of respondents worry about home energy expenses and nearly 58% are concerned about being able to afford and maintain homeowners’ insurance due to climate change.
The Trouble With "Follow the Science"
Scientific guidance isn't carved in stone-it shifts as new evidence reshapes old assumptions. The recent reversal of long-standing hormone therapy warnings highlights how politics, public trust, and evolving data collide and why "follow the science" is far more complicated-and more vital-than the slogan suggests.
The New, Younger Generation of Scientists Is Much More Open to Dialogue With Society
The New, Younger Generation of Scientists Is Much More Open to Dialogue With Society
A new generation of scientists is confounding expectations and proving much more willing to engage with the public, not only because it benefits their development as researchers but also out of a sense of duty to society and a desire to have a positive impact on public perceptions of science.
Why We Should Stop Grading Students on a Curve
Ask people what’s wrong in American higher education, and you’ll hear about grade inflation.
Scientific Society Defines Sexual Harassment as Scientific Misconduct
American Geophysical Union places harassment, bullying, and discrimination on par with falsification, fabrication, and plagiarism.
Commission proposes copyright exception for researchers
As part of its update of EU copyright rules, the European Commission today proposed a copyright exception that would permit researchers to analyse on a large scale scientific data to which they have lawful access.
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