The Open Access movement was meant to provide universal access to knowledge, however the hybrid model seems to defeat this point by hindering the discoverability of hybrid Open Access articles, and creating more difficulties to disseminate knowledge.
There has been an upsurge in philanthropy for scientific research by America's billionaires. Still, in size and scope, philanthropy pales in comparison to public financing for science.
Scientific cooperation between the UK and Russia was boosted in August this year when Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev agreed to extend the UK-Russia Intergovernmental Agreement on Science and Technology cooperation for another 10 years.
All modern scientists should share ownership of their knowledge and research.
ChatGPT might not yet give us sparkling prose. But it can free scientists up to focus on more-stimulating writing tasks.
A digital scholarship librarian and a historian assembled a team of professors, graduate students, researchers, and fellows to create "Torn Apart / Separados", an interactive web site that visualizes the vast apparatus of immigration enforcement in the US, and broadly maps the shelters where children can be housed.
Is Open Science already here? Not exactly. Open Science is more than a subset of projects that make data available or sharing of software tools, often because they received specific funding to do so.
Researchers in many countries need custom-built systems to do robust and transparent science.
Men were more likely to secure health research grants than women in Canadian study.
European and national research funders are expected to commit all researchers to granting open access to their publications as of 2020. The SNSF supports this Plan S. However, it is not in a position to add its signature to the plan at present.
To what extent should academic hiring and promotional bodies apply a discount for articles with many authors?
What’s the scientific value of the Stanford Prison Experiment? Zimbardo responds to the new allegations against his work.
Junior researchers need to engage with policymakers, institutions, funders and media outlets to argue against planned budget cut-backs.
Funding should incentivize institutions to support healthy careers and to spark collaborations with industry.
In our global survey on innovations in scholarly communication, we asked researchers what tools they use for a large number of activities across the research cycle.
The poor reporting of imaging methods in the scientific literature is hindering the evaluation and replication of biomedical research.
Scientists have the public’s trust, so the swell of fake news shouldn’t put them off communicating, says CEO of Science Media Centre.
Europe PMC, one of the largest free online open access repositories in the life sciences, has teamed up with Unpaywall to unlock even more content for their users (the SNSF is a Europe PMC funding group member).
Polling shows that the number of people who believe science has "made life more difficult" increased by 50 percent from 2009 to 2015.
EU report urging a copyright law reform to help researchers text-mine research papers.
More than 160 scientists have now signed the letter to European Commission President.
Negotiations on Horizon Europe dragged on - and UK-based researchers came up short.
Research suggests stomach trouble more predictive of virus in young people than a cough.
Using WoS as a universalistic tool for research assessment can disadvantage science published in journals with adequate editorial standards and scientific merit.
Recent news of complex embryo models revived debates over stem cells and human cloning. But biology says there’s nothing to worry about.
Liz Allen, Amy Brand, Jo Scott, Micah Altman and Marjorie Hlava are trialling digital taxonomies to help researchers to identify their contributions to collaborative projects. Research today is rarely a one-person job.
President-elect has vowed to spend much more. The vice president-elect is a graduate and supporter of Historically Black Colleges and Universities. The next first lady is a community college instructor.
