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Diversity

How the Coronavirus is Gutting Diversity in Science

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How the Coronavirus is Gutting Diversity in Science

The pandemic is sabotaging the careers of researchers from under-represented groups, but institutions can help to staunch the outflow.

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Marketing to the New Generation of Academic Influencers: Mobile First

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Marketing to the New Generation of Academic Influencers: Mobile First

How can publishers ensure that our content and services are found and used by the growing number of Millennials and Generation Z researchers in academia?

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Europe Reviews Science Diplomacy Policy After Ukraine Invasion Shock

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Europe Reviews Science Diplomacy Policy After Ukraine Invasion Shock

As Russian troops massed on the Ukrainian border in February 2022, waiting for a signal to invade from the Kremlin, scientific relations between Russia and Europe were looking healthy.
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Early Career Researchers
COVID-19

COVID-19 and the Research Community: Struggling to Get Started

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COVID-19 and the Research Community: Struggling to Get Started

As the world attempts to cope with the devastating impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, researchers about to start PhDs and postdocs face particular challenges.

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WEF Young Scientists Call to Address Missing Link Between Policy and Science

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Early Career Researchers

WEF Young Scientists Call to Address Missing Link Between Policy and Science

Scientists from the World Economic Forum's Young Scientists community want to see the social value of scientific research better recognised and acknowledged. Published today by Frontiers Policy Labs, a call has been signed by 52 scholars from some of the world's foremost academic institutions. The signatories say that for science to become rooted in decision-making, a new culture of engagement between policymakers and scientists needs to be established.

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Impact

How to Demonstrate the Real-world Impact of Your Research

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Impact

How to Demonstrate the Real-world Impact of Your Research

Influencing policymakers might not feel like part of a researcher's role. But it should be, argue Martha Newson and Sadie Watson.
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Fake News

The Truth Is Paywalled But The Lies Are Free

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Fake News

The Truth Is Paywalled But The Lies Are Free

Why is it that while the most vital, and most rigorously tested, information is often locked up behind a paywall, yet falsehoods are readily available?

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Horizon Europe

Leaving Horizon would make a mockery of Britain’s desire to be a science superpower

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Horizon Europe

Leaving Horizon would make a mockery of Britain’s desire to be a science superpower

Researchers are already moving to countries where it is easier to operate and collaborate.

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Publishing
Science

Associate Editors: Please Jump in the Mosh Pit

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Associate Editors: Please Jump in the Mosh Pit

Journal associate editors must ruffle feathers from time to time during the publication process for the greater scientific good. 
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Open Data

Badges to Acknowledge Open Practices

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Badges to Acknowledge Open Practices

The aim is to specify a standard by which we can say that a scientific study has been conducted in accordance with open-science principles and provide visual icons to allow advertising of such good behaviours.

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EU

Initiative helps match refugees with science jobs

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Initiative helps match refugees with science jobs

A new program will connect researchers with universities but won't give them preferential treatment.

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China

Nature Index Annual Tables 2022: China's Research Spending Pays off

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Nature Index Annual Tables 2022: China's Research Spending Pays off

Experts say the country's strong scientific performance is likely to be sustained in the coming years.

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'We Need to Be Ready for a New World': Scientists Globally React to Trump Election Win

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'We Need to Be Ready for a New World': Scientists Globally React to Trump Election Win

Trump's decisive defeat of Kamala Harris spurs fear about the future of the United States among many researchers.
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Equality

Toolkits for Equity

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Equality

Toolkits for Equity

While a growing awareness of racial disparities has resulted in a groundswell of support for inclusivity in scholarly publishing, the resulting initiatives would be more effective if professional associations were able to provide training materials to help transform organizational cultures.

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Women in Science
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'Ignored and Not Appreciated': Women's Research Contributions Often Go Unrecognized

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'Ignored and Not Appreciated': Women's Research Contributions Often Go Unrecognized

Data reveal that to earn credit on scientific articles, women need to work harder than men.

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Climate
Gender

Climate Action from a Gender Perspective: A Systematic Review of the Impact of Climate Policies on Inequality

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Climate Action from a Gender Perspective: A Systematic Review of the Impact of Climate Policies on Inequality

This systematic review highlights the scarcity of research integrating a gender perspective into climate policy impact assessments and calls for more gender-sensitive analyses and the application of feminist theory to address this gap.
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Open Access

The Case for Open Access

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The Case for Open Access

Providing open access to digitised collections has spurred creativity and research worldwide - so why are the UK's flagship museums so slow on the uptake?

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Science Policy

'It Could Be a Catastrophe': Déjà Vu and Panic for Scientists As Trump Wins Second Term

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Science Policy

'It Could Be a Catastrophe': Déjà Vu and Panic for Scientists As Trump Wins Second Term

The research community fears another Trump presidency will be worse than the first, but the chemical and biotech sectors are more optimistic
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COVID-19

A Guide to Making Sense of Coronavirus Studies

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COVID-19

A Guide to Making Sense of Coronavirus Studies

News coverage of scientific studies can be misleading. Here's how to tell the good from the bad.

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COVID-19

Russia's Fast-track Coronavirus Vaccine Draws Outrage over Safety

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Russia's Fast-track Coronavirus Vaccine Draws Outrage over Safety

The immunization is the first approved for widespread use but could be dangerous because it hasn't been tested in large trials, say researchers.

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Climate
Science Communication

Truthful Climate Reporting Shifts Viewpoints, but Only Briefly, Study Finds

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Science Communication

Truthful Climate Reporting Shifts Viewpoints, but Only Briefly, Study Finds

Researchers gauged responses to climate science versus scepticism and suggest facts bear repeating

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Funding

Does UK science have a fetish for the short-term?

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Does UK science have a fetish for the short-term?

Many of the biggest problems in science are tackled through sustained efforts over years or decades. But if science is a long-term endeavour, why are funding and careers so fixated on the now? Guest post by Andrew Holding.

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Software

AI and Research Software: Helping Hand or Faustian Pact?

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AI and Research Software: Helping Hand or Faustian Pact?

Some researchers’ use of chatbot-written code might be running ahead of their understanding

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The War on Science

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The War on Science

Why is blue sky science being defunded?

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Science Communication

How MC Hammer And Other Performing Artists Are Sharing Their Love Of Science

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Science Communication

How MC Hammer And Other Performing Artists Are Sharing Their Love Of Science

When MC Hammer started tweeting about science and scientists a few weeks ago, he joined a long list of performing artists who have been using their platforms to highlight scientific research.

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Collaboration

China-US Research Collaborations Are in Decline - This is Bad News for Everyone

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International
China
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Collaboration

China-US Research Collaborations Are in Decline - This is Bad News for Everyone

Scientists say that the drop in partnerships between the scientific powerhouses will hold back research on priorities such as global warming.
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COVID-19

Coronavirus Research Hub

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Coronavirus Research Hub

We invite researchers and data scientists focused on Coronavirus and COVID-19 vaccines and drugs, as well as clinical research, to freely access these solutions.

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Ukraine

"You Can't Get Back Specimens": Ukrainian Scientists Rush to Save Irreplaceable Collections

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"You Can't Get Back Specimens": Ukrainian Scientists Rush to Save Irreplaceable Collections

Researchers hide ancient weapons and bat skulls, and upload massive sets of data to international servers.

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Democracy
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Risk

Risky Science and Public Consent

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Risky Science and Public Consent

Should citizens decide on risky science? To explore this question of public consent and risky science, two experts with differing opinions share their points of view, in an effort to find some common ground.

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Open Access
UK

Universities Will Cancel Deals with Publishers if They Don't Respond to Current Financial Pressures

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UK

Universities Will Cancel Deals with Publishers if They Don't Respond to Current Financial Pressures

A price freeze on journal subscriptions will not be enough to avoid UK researchers losing access to key academic content, warn three major sector bodies representing academic library directors and higher education managers. 

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