Communication breakdown
A policy change that could discourage UK government scientists from talking to the media is a backwards step. All researchers need to speak up to put science on the political agenda.
Code Is the White Whale of Reproducibility In Science
And more than a little quixotic.
Do scholars need 'performance free' time and space?
On the implications of academics being monitored in ever more and increasingly disparate aspects of work.
Around 40% of Swiss research is open access
According to the SNSF, 40% of scientific publications produced with the support of public funding are openly accessible, which makes Switzerland “progressive” compared with other countries.
Preprints: We're Supporting Calls for a Central Service
We now allow researchers to cite preprints in their grant applications.
Fraud Scandals Sap China’s Dream of Becoming a Science Superpower
Fraudulent research and faked peer reviews have led to a humiliating setback for China's goal of becoming a global leader in scientific research.
Acumen
A European research collaboration aimed at understanding the ways in which researchers are evaluated by their peers and by institutions, and at assessing how the science system can be improved and enhanced.
Languages Are Still a Major Barrier to Global Science
Searching Google Scholar in 16 languages revealed that 35.6% of 75,513 scientific documents on biodiversity conservation published in 2014 were not in English.
The Citation Graph Is One of Humankind's Most Important Intellectual Achievements
The Citation Graph Is One of Humankind's Most Important Intellectual Achievements
When researchers write, we don't just describe new findings - we place them in context by citing the work of others. Citations trace the lineage of ideas, connecting disparate lines of scholarship into a cohesive body of knowledge, and forming the basis of how we know what we know.
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.
Bad Publishing and Bullied into Bad Science
The recent long read about scientific publishing in the Guardian is fantastic. It depicts a very telling story of the research publishing landscape.
UK Scientists Brace for Disruption from Huge Academic Strike
Pension changes spur more than 40,000 university academics to walk out on research activities, conferences and lectures.
How many scientists does it take to write a paper?
Modern science is becoming larger-scale and more collaborative.
Community Projects Directory
Want to get involved with an Open project but don’t know where to start? Check out the list of awesome projects.
Life's arrow: the Epistemic Singularity
For centuries people have been asking, “Why is there something rather than nothing?” Science has not been able to give us an answer so far. We still have to live with the basic statement that “Everything that is is, and it is as long as it keeps its identity, that is, its onticity”, which we may call the “Strong Ontic Principle”.
A Fallow Year for Science in Canada
Last year’s Federal budget contained a number of significant dollar boosts for Canadian research but, more importantly, the language behind…
What is it?
Open science is the concept of opening up all aspects of scientific research, to allow others to follow the process.
Preprints for the life sciences
Piece reflecting the opinions of researchers, funders, and journals.
With Generous Funding and Top-Tier Jobs, China Seeks to Lure Science Talent from Abroad
Open-Access Mega-Journals: A Bibliometric Profile
While the total output of the eleven open-access mega-journals grew by 14.9% between 2014 and 2015, this growth is largely attributable to the increased output of Scientific Reports and Medicine.
Scientists and Journalists Square Off Over 'Getting it Right'
Some scientists say they should have the right to review stories in which their work or words are covered prior to publication. Journalists disagree.
How do we solve science's 'credibility problem'?
In recent years science has entered a crisis of trust. The results of many scientific experiments appear to be surprisingly hard to reproduce, while mistakes have highlighted flaws in the peer review system.
Google’s AI Explosion in One Chart
Surging investment in machine learning is vaulting Google into the scientific stratosphere.
Internal Grant Proposal Review Processes Demonstrates Major Return on Investment
Internal Grant Proposal Review Processes Demonstrates Major Return on Investment
New study suggests a major return on investment for institutions that help their researchers write better grants.
AAAS and Gates Foundation Partnership Announcement
To advance scientific communication and open access publishing. The partnership will also ensure open access to research funded by the Gates Foundation and published in the Science family of journals.
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