How to review a paper
How to review a paper
For Peer Review Week, researchers from across the spectrum offer advice and insights about how to review research manuscripts
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Women in science
This data tool illustrates the extent to which the scientific community is losing a talented workforce.
With new owner, the hated 'impact factor' is overdue for change
The impact factor is a poor measure of a journal's quality, and academics say it should either be overhauled or done away with entirely.
The White House Launches the National Microbiome Initiative
Half a billion dollars are being pledged to study the microbes in humans, crops, soils, oceans, and more.
The Promise of Augmented Reality
Replacing the real world with a virtual one is a neat trick. Combining the two could be more useful.
India's Scientists Are Marching Against Pseudoscience, Religious Intolerance, and Paltry Funding
India's Scientists Are Marching Against Pseudoscience, Religious Intolerance, and Paltry Funding
Budgetary cuts in funding, pseudoscience and growing religious bigotry have left the scientific community worried.
Unlocking the Open - Europe PMC Integrates with Unpaywall
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).
Big ideas for better science
We asked four researchers who made the news in 2015 what they would change about how science gets done.
Science's Quality-Control System under Attack
Lengthy publication delays, theft of rivals’ research, allegations of shoddy reviewing, and even the faking of reviews are raising new questions about a decades-old scientific tradition
Decentralizing Science
The case for decentralized, trusted platforms for the dissemination of scientific information and attribution.
How the FDA Manipulates the Media
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has been arm-twisting journalists into relinquishing their reportorial independence, our investigation reveals. Other institutions are following suit.
Historic Co-Authorships Speed up Editor Handling Times
Journal editors tend to accept manuscripts written by prior collaborators more quickly.
European Taxpayers Are Changing Lives, but People Don't Always Know It
Carlos Moedas, EU Commissioner for Research, Science and Innovation, has called for political leaders to speak more about science and innovation to connect people with the life-changing research that is funded by their taxes and has the potential to combat urgent global problems.
Foreign scientists call on Stephen Harper to restore science funding and freedom
Hundreds of scientists around the world are asking Prime Minister Stephen Harper to end "burdensome restrictions on scientific communication and collaboration faced by Canadian government scientists."
Academia's Emerging Crisis of Relevance and the Consequent Role of the Engaged Scholar
Academia's Emerging Crisis of Relevance and the Consequent Role of the Engaged Scholar
Universities are facing a crisis of relevance. While there are multiple reasons for this to be happening, one that deserves particular attention is the extent to which academic scholars do not see it as their role to engage in public and political discourse. However, increased engagement is unavoidable in an emerging educational context where the calibre of public discourse has become so degraded and social media is changing the nature of science and scientific discourse within society.
ResearchGate and Springer Nature Plan Cooperation
ResearchGate and Springer Nature have been in serious discussions for some time about finding solutions to sharing scientific journal articles online, while at the same time protecting intellectual property rights.
How Journalists Can Help Hold Scientists Accountable
Amid the so-called replication crisis, could better investigative reporting be the answer? Maybe it’s time for journalists and scientists to work more closely together.
Biohackers Encoded Malware in a Strand of DNA
Researchers planted a working hacker "exploit" in a physical strand of DNA.
To What Extent Is Inclusion in the Web of Science an Indicator of Journal 'Quality'?
To What Extent Is Inclusion in the Web of Science an Indicator of Journal 'Quality'?
Using WoS as a universalistic tool for research assessment can disadvantage science published in journals with adequate editorial standards and scientific merit.
Is science only for the rich?
Around the world, poverty and social background remain huge barriers in scientific careers.
Could Science Destroy the World? These Scholars Want to Save Us from a Modern-Day Frankenstein
Could Science Destroy the World? These Scholars Want to Save Us from a Modern-Day Frankenstein
A small group of researchers is studying how science could destroy the world - and how to stop that from happening.
The glaring paradox of impact vs. experience in biology journals
The professionally trained scientists who make decisions on biology papers at the big journals with the big journal impact factors have significantly less scientific experience and far weaker publication records than the editors of lower journal impact factor biology journals.
Crowdsourcing biomedical research: leveraging communities as innovation engines
Crowdsourcing biomedical research: leveraging communities as innovation engines
Crowdsourcing the analysis of complex and massive data has emerged as a framework to find robust methodologies. When the crowdsourcing is done in the form of collaborative scientific competitions, known as Challenges, the validation of the methods is inherently addressed.
Changing Latin America’s Culture of Insular Science
The region's scientists lament that their research is too often disconnected from the larger scientific world. In the age of Zika, that needs to change.
Hungary Rewards Highly Cited Scientists With Bonus Grants
Some top researchers prosper in Hungary as country tries to improve its international standing in science.
Israel Edges Out South Korea for Top Spot in Research Investment
Two countries vie to invest more of their economy into research than anyone else.
Women in the Workplace 2017
Get the latest stats on women in leadership and learn how companies can create more inclusive workplaces in the 2017 Women in the Workplace study.
Citation Analysis Reveals the Game Changers
A study identifies papers that stand the test of time. Fewer than two out of every 10,000 scientific papers remain influential in their field decades after publication, finds an analysis of five million articles published between 1980 and 1990.
Chinese agencies announce open-access policies
Researchers will now be required to make papers free to read within one year of publication.
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