Evolution, Religion and Science: World Not As Polarised As We Think
A new global survey has revealed that evolutionary science and religion are more compatible than many of us assume.
Success rates: surge in applications to 'struggling' research councils
Success rates fall at five out of six councils amid warnings that the process could become ‘more of a lottery’ as reviewers are stretched.
Publishing Better Science Through Better Data
Publishing Better Science Through Better Data
Last Wednesday, I attended a conference called Publishing Better Science Through Better Data at the Wellcome Collection, organized by Scientific Data.
Building the Foundation for Future Research Through Open Data, Code and Protocols
We explore the components that can support reproducibility by making research more easily verifiable: data, code, and protocols.
Digital Regulation That Works for Research and Education
Education's digital transition has allowed students to study and researchers to work remotely throughout the pandemic, however we need to ensure te...
Use of AI Is Seeping Academic Journals—and It’s Proving Difficult to Detect
Use of AI Is Seeping Academic Journals—and It’s Proving Difficult to Detect
Ethics watchdogs are looking out for potentially undisclosed use of generative AI in scientific writing. But there's no foolproof way to catch it all yet.
Elsevier's Ridiculous Patent on Online Peer Review
Elsevier's Ridiculous Patent on Online Peer Review
I have just learned that Elsevier, after a lengthy review and negotiation process with the US Patent Office, have been awarded a US Patent on “Online Peer Review System and Method”. What is this about and why is it ridiculous to me.
Movement in Latin America
Learn about the open access publishing model in Latin America which helps disseminate scientific knowledge without restrictions.
Women Are Invited to Give Fewer Talks Than Men at Top U.S. Universities
It’s not because they turn down talks more often, or because there aren’t enough women to invite.
Towards Improved Data Reproducibility
In this article, we look at some of the measures we can take as individual scientists and as a global community to improve the reproducibility and rigor of scientific endeavor.
Germany Slowly Rethinks Defence and Security Research
Germany Slowly Rethinks Defence and Security Research
Three years after the attack on Ukraine, positions are changing, but there is no more money in Germany for military research.
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Collective credit allocation in science [MuDVn3d4SQSYQl1lC44Y_xVubZLal_400x400.jpeg]
The paper develops a credit allocation algorithm that captures the coauthors’ contribution to a publication as perceived by the scientific community.
Border Clampdown Could Disrupt Web of Collaborations
Where do researchers from the seven banned nations go?
In the Trump Era, Biologists on the Cutting Edge Try to Keep a Low Profile
In the Trump Era, Biologists on the Cutting Edge Try to Keep a Low Profile
Scientists fear a crackdown on embryo research if President Trump pays attention to scientific advances.
Finding Open Access Articles - Tools and Tips
A guide to help search more easily for open access articles.
A Literature Review of Scholarly Communications Metadata
The purpose of this literature review is to identify the challenges, opportunities, and gaps in knowledge with regard to the use of metadata in scholarly communications. This paper compiles and interprets literature in sections based on the professional groups, or stakeholders, within scholarly communications metadata: researchers, funders, publishers, librarians, service providers, and data curators.
Robots Run This Laboratory in Japan - And Are Changing How Scientists Work
Robots Run This Laboratory in Japan - And Are Changing How Scientists Work
Researchers hope to build a facility with thousands of robots capable of performing experiments independently by 2040.
Duplicated images plague research papers
A new analysis finds that 3.8 percent of scientific studies have images duplicated from another paper.
Few Authors Choose Anonymous Peer Review
Massive study of Nature journals shows that scientists from developing countries and less prestigious institutes more often prefer reviewers to be blinded to their identity.
Sweden Stands up for Open Access - Cancels Agreement with Elsevier
In order to take steps towards the goal of immediate open access by 2026 set by the Swedish Government, the Bibsam Consortium has after 20 years decided not to renew the agreement with the scientific publisher Elsevier.
In Defence of the Objective World
Postmodern ideas have gained the status of absolute truths. Relativism, selectively appropriated into the language of both left and right politics, has metamorphosed into dogma. As oversimplification distorts communication, public trust in scientific fact has eroded. Could renewed ideas of objectivity be a way out?
Amplifying the impact of open access: Wikipedia and the diffusion of science
Amplifying the impact of open access: Wikipedia and the diffusion of science
With the rise of Wikipedia as a first‐stop source for scientific information, it is important to understand whether Wikipedia draws upon the research that scientists value most. Here we identify the 250...
Beware the Well-intentioned Advice of Unusually Successful Academics
There is a wealth of advice and 'how to' guides available to academics on the subject of how research can have an impact on policy and practice. In this post Kathryn Oliver and Paul Cairney assess the value of this literature, arguing that unless researchers seek to situate research impact within processes of policymaking and academic knowledge production, this advice can ultimately reinforce current inequalities in research impact.
Climate Change Swells Odds of Record India, Pakistan Heatwaves
A UK study says record-breaking temperatures in NW India and Pakistan are now 100 times more likely.
Paywalls Are Slowing the Quest For a Cancer Cure
Paywalls to scientific journals are hindering access and slowing progress to cures for cancer.
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