Facts are the science world’s stock-in-trade, but in an era of fake news it is ever more important to build public trust by avoiding exaggerated claims and jargon.
The Environmental Protection Agency announced Friday evening its website would be “undergoing changes” to better represent the new direction the agency is taking, triggering the removal of several agency websites containing detailed climate data and scientific information.
Europe's research commissioner Carlos Moedas on funding models, diplomacy and scientific advice.
Ever look at a research paper and wonder how the half-dozen or more authors contributed to the work?
When a scientific paper is retracted, it can produce long-term aftershocks.
I’m deluged with outstanding applications for academic posts. So should I recruit the people who need the job most?
“A greater number of Europhobic members … in the European Parliament would certainly have negative consequences on the idea to turn scientific research and innovation into a great European policy” says Jean-Pierre Audy, an EPP parliamentarian from France.
Many reviewers feel that some form of public acknowledgment is more valuable than monetary payment when it comes to their services.
When researchers collect or select data or statistical analyses until nonsignificant results become significant.
A new movement calls for tech investors to back more start-ups led by women and people from ethnic minorities.
The study aims to shed light on international collaboration by researchers from the Eastern European countries
It started with a tweet, but now it's an international movement. Spurred by concerns about the impact President Donald Trump's administration might have on research, the March for Science is "a call to support and safeguard the scientific community."
Swedish researchers can now publish their articles in Frontiers’ Open Access journals through a simplified process that covers publishing fees, thanks to a national agreement announced today between Frontiers and the National Library of Sweden.
Five hundred million tweets are broadcast worldwide every day on Twitter. With so many details about personal lives, the social media site is a data trove for scientists looking to find patterns in human behaviors, tease out risk factors for health conditions and track the spread of infectious diseases.
Peer review and criticism is an essential part of academic discourse, and it is why journal articles are of such high quality and rigor. But you don’t get paid for it.
Neuroskeptic« No Need To Worry About False Positives in fMRI?What Happens to Rejected Papers?By Neuroskeptic | January 3, 2017 2:43 pm32The pain of rejection is one that every scientist has felt: but what happens to papers after they’re declined by a journal?In a new study, researchers Earnshaw et al. traced the fate of almost 1,000 manuscripts which had been submitted to and rejected by ear, nose and throat journal Clinical Otolaryngology between 2011 to 2013.
Scientists who submit grant applications to the NIH will be required to explain the scientific premise behind their proposals and defend the quality of their experimental designs.
A free, open-source, online application that helps researchers create data management plans complying with funder requirements.
New contract gives researchers access to Wiley's journals and makes their papers open access
Tearing down ideas is central to scientific practice, but when it bleeds into the interpersonal, science loses its humanity.
Researchers stress need for antenatal care, as emerging data link disrupted pregnancy services to increase in stillbirths.
Utilizing data from Twitter and applying natural language processing artificial intelligence algorithms, researchers created a new, accurate prediction model for depression and anxiety.
Publications in predatory journals have already infiltrated citation databases such as PubMed and Scopus. Researchers, academic institutions, journals, publishers and research funders will need additional strategies to prevent the further spread of predatory publications.
