Too much of a good thing? An observational study of prolific authors
Institutions and funders should be alert to unfeasibly prolific authors when measuring and creating incentives for researcher productivity.
10 Days That Changed Britain: "Heated" Debate Between Scientists Forced Boris Johnson To Act On Coronavirus
10 Days That Changed Britain: "Heated" Debate Between Scientists Forced Boris Johnson To Act On Coronavirus
It was on Wednesday, March 11 that some of the experts on the government’s Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies began to realise that the coronavirus was spreading through the UK too fast for the NHS to cope.
UN Report: Value of Nature Must Not Be Overridden by Pursuit of Short-term Profit
UN Report: Value of Nature Must Not Be Overridden by Pursuit of Short-term Profit
The values that we ascribe to nature are vital parts of our cultures, identities, economies, and ways of life, all of which should be reflected in policy decisions surrounding our natural world, according to a new UN-backed report released on Monday.
New Toolkit Launched to Protect Scientists from Abuse
The Australian Science Media Centre (AusSMC) has a toolkit to help experts including scientists and researchers who might face online abuse.
I'm a serious academic, not a professional Instagrammer
We should not have to parade ourselves on social media to please our employers or be considered enthusiastic
The Trump Administration’s War on Science
Trump's first budget blueprint is a cramped document that sacrifices American innovation to small-bore politics, shortchanging basic scientific research across the government.
Citation Concept Analysis (CCA): A New Form of Citation Analysis
In recent years, the full text of papers are increasingly available electronically which opens up the possibility of quantitatively investigating citation contexts in more detail.
Open Peer Reviewers in Africa: Nominations Are Now Open to Recruit Future Peer-review Trainers Across the Continent
Open Peer Reviewers in Africa: Nominations Are Now Open to Recruit Future Peer-review Trainers Across the Continent
AfricArXiv, Eider Africa, eLife, PREreview, and the Training Centre in Communication (TCC Africa) invite nominations for researchers in the fields of life sciences and medicine who will help co-create and then disseminate resources promoting best open peer-review practices in Africa.
Science journals have passed their expiration date
Technology has helped so many industries evolve over the past few decades, but scientific publishing, surprisingly, has hardly changed since the first journal article in 1665.
Embrace preprints and set biomedical information free
Preprints uploaded to a public server without formal review can speed up the sharing of biomedical information without harming the scientific process.
I’m a Scientist. This is What I’ll Fight For.
The War on Science is more than a skirmish over funding, censorship, and “alternative facts”. It’s a battle for the future, basic decency, and the people we love.
Commission Frees 'Seal of Excellence' Research Projects from State Aid Unfair Competition Rules
South America by the numbers
The expanding economies of South America have led to a significant rise in scientific output over the past two decades, and research spending has increased in most countries. But given the region's share of the world's population and GDP, publication rates still fall short of what would be expected.
Quantity and/or Quality? The Importance of Publishing Many Papers
Highly productive researchers have significantly higher probability to produce top cited papers.
Challenge the Impact Factor
When comparing journals using citation-based metrics, the percentage of highly cited papers is more informative than the average number of citations.
Elsevier Investigates Hundreds of Peer Reviewers for Manipulating Citations
The publisher is scrutinizing researchers who might be inappropriately using the review process to promote their own work.
Open Reviewer Identities: Full Steam Ahead or Proceed with Caution?
Open peer review has been growing steadily but its implementations take many different forms. This post takes a deep dive into the question of whether reviewers should be openly identified.
Can too much science be a bad thing?
Growth in scientific publishing as a barrier to science communication.
President Trump
The winners in Trump's America were likely to be the defence industry, oil and energy, private prisons, and pharmaceutical manufacturers. Not health. What should be the response of the public health community?
Open Science Can Save the Planet
Frontiers’ CEO, Kamila Markram, makes a case for why open science is the key to innovation, economic growth and solutions to a sustainable future.
How Not To Be A Crank: Ten Rules For Not Being A Science-Dick
When you criticize science in public, you are taking a complicated argument to people who don’t care very much about the work of someone who wishes you’d shut up. This can be difficult to navigate. Although it’s often ‘a complete pain in the taint’ more than just ‘difficult’.
Science Career Ads Are Disproportionately Seen by Men
Marketing algorithms prevent many women from seeing the advertising, even though it’s illegal to target jobs to one gender.
Eurodoc for Open Science
Eurodoc for Open Science
The collection of content related to the European Council of Doctoral Candidates and Junior Researchers' (Eurodoc) commitment to Open Science.
Ten Simple Rules to Consider Regarding Preprint Submission
We formulate ten simple rules for considering using preprints as a scientific communication mechanism.
Universities and Research Transparency: Are Times Changing?
As journals, societies, and funders have engaged with the reproducibility movement, we are starting to see early signs that university policies are moving in the right direction as well.
When Science Needs Self-Correcting
Admitting scientific errors is hard. It's also important.
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