Deal Impasse Severs Elsevier Access for Some German Universities
As talks with the publisher stall, researchers in the country weigh whether they can cope without a deal
Supercharge Your Research: a Ten-week Plan for Open Data Science
Researchers share tips for transforming your group with open data science and teamwork.
Springer Nature To Extend Content Sharing To Whole Springer Nature-owned Journal Portfolio
Springer Nature To Extend Content Sharing To Whole Springer Nature-owned Journal Portfolio
Authors and subscribers will be able to share content from over 2,700 journals and 300,000 new articles per annum with researchers across widely accessible platforms
Trust in Research
Elsevier's new report with Sense About Science about how to make research more reliable and less burdensome.
'The Disruption is Enormous.' Coronavirus Epidemic Snarls Science Worldwide
'The Disruption is Enormous.' Coronavirus Epidemic Snarls Science Worldwide
Experiments lost as labs remain closed; scientific meetings canceled or postponed.
Scientists, Fishing for Significance, Get a Meager Catch
A growing chorus of experts says that scientific research is using too wide a net — and therefore publishing results that turn out to be false.
Three Decades of Peer Review Congresses
Conferences on Peer Review have been held every 4 years since 1989 to present research into the quality of publication processes. The 8th International Congress on Peer Review and Scientific Publication was held in Chicago in September 2017.
Overcoming the Language Barrier
Climanosco believes that changing the language can make the debate around climate science can become more inclusive. The organisation publishes papers that have been reviewed by teams of both scientists and laypeople.
Junior biomedical scientists and preprints
Researchers, publishers and representatives of funding agencies gathered at ASAPBio to discuss the use of preprint publications in biology. It became clear through the discussion on Twitter with #ASAPBio that many were unclear as to the purpose of the meeting, how preprints could help or hinder junior scientists, or even what preprints are.
OPERAS Survey on SSH Scholarly Communication
OPERAS Survey on SSH Scholarly Communication
OPERAS runs a survey to find out more about social sciences and humanities (SSH) scholarly communication.
One Small Grain of Moon Dust, One Giant Leap for Lunar Studies
Back in 1972, NASA sent their last team of astronauts to the Moon in the Apollo 17 mission. These astronauts brought some of the Moon back to Earth so scientists could continue to study lunar soil in their labs. Since we haven't returned to the Moon in almost 50 years, every lunar sample is precious. We need to make them count for researchers now and in the future. In a new study in Meteoritics & Planetary Science, scientists found a new way to analyze the chemistry of the Moon's soil using a single grain of dust.
Great Literature Is Surprisingly Arithmetic
A good book evokes a variety of emotions as you read. Turns out, though, that almost all novels and plays provide one of only six “emotional experiences” from beginning to end—a rags-to-riches exuberance, say, or a rise and fall of hope.
In Memoriam: Margarita Salas (1938-2019)
In memory of Margarita Salas, the biochemist whose discoveries led to faster, more-accurate DNA testing.
Better Maternity Leave Could Help Universities Retain Women
Researchers say universities with generous policies employ twice the number of women professors.
Accelerating Scholarly Communication: The Transformative Role of Preprints
Study explores the place of preprints in the research lifecycle from the points of view of researchers, research performing organisations, research funding organisations and preprint servers/service providers.
Academic Publishing is a Goddamned Exploitative Farce — Age of Awareness
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.
Repetitive flaws
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.
Reproducible Websites for Fun and Profit
In my scientific work I strive to be as open as possible. Unfortunately I work with data that I cannot de-identify well enough to share (aka weird sex diaries) and data that simply isn’t mine to share (aka the reproductive histories of all Swedish people since 1950)...
Lies Travel Faster Than Truth on Twitter—and Now We Know Who to Blame
A major new study published in the journal Science finds that false rumors on Twitter spread much more rapidly, on average, than those that turn out to be true. Interestingly, the study also finds that bots aren’t to blame for that discrepancy. People are.
Spraying RNA On Plants Silences A Gene and Protects From Viruses
The technique could be faster and more versatile than developing GMO crops from scratch.
Naomi Oreskes: 'Discrediting Science is a Political Strategy'
The Harvard professor on science and scepticism - and why climate deniers have run out of excuses.
The Allure of the Journal Impact Factor Holds Firm, Despite Its Flaws
The Allure of the Journal Impact Factor Holds Firm, Despite Its Flaws
Many researchers still see the journal impact factor (JIF) as a key metric for promotions and tenure, despite concerns that it’s a flawed measure of a researcher’s value.
An Energy Breakthrough Could Store Solar Power for Decades
Researchers in Sweden have created a molecule that offers a way to trap heat from the sun.
How scientists are doing a bait-and-switch with medical data
Researchers are “choosing their lottery numbers after seeing the draw”, making medicine less reliable - and respected journals are letting them do it.
Rude Paper Reviews Are Pervasive and Sometimes Harmful, Study Finds
Researchers of color are particularly vulnerable to "unprofessional" comments.
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