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Evaluation

Recommendations for Discipline-Specific FAIRness Evaluation Derived from Applying an Ensemble of Evaluation Tools

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Evaluation

Recommendations for Discipline-Specific FAIRness Evaluation Derived from Applying an Ensemble of Evaluation Tools

From a research data repositories’ perspective, offering research data management services in line with the FAIR principles is becoming increasingly important. However, there exists no globally established and trusted approach to evaluate FAIRness to date. This article applies five different available FAIRness evaluation approaches to selected data archived in the World Data Center for Climate (WDCC).

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Science Communication

Twitter Transformed Science Communication During the Pandemic. Will It Last?

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Twitter Transformed Science Communication During the Pandemic. Will It Last?

COVID-19 researchers have embraced the platform. For many others, tweeting has yet to translate into professional rewards.

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Open Science Publishing Strikes a Rich Seam with 'Open Research Europe' Publishing Platform

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Open Science Publishing Strikes a Rich Seam with 'Open Research Europe' Publishing Platform

With a goal of making scientific knowledge more freely available to researchers and the public, Open Research Europe (ORE) has spent the first year of its existence establishing its profile and winning over the scientific community.

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Ukraine Invasion Triggers Push to Cut Science Ties With Russia

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Ukraine Invasion Triggers Push to Cut Science Ties With Russia

Governments and science organizations around the world are grappling over the extent to which sanctions against Russia for its invasion of Ukraine should extend to scientific exchanges.

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ERA4Ukraine: a One-stop-shop to Support Researchers of Ukraine

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ERA4Ukraine: a One-stop-shop to Support Researchers of Ukraine

The Commission launched 'European Research Area for Ukraine' (ERA4Ukraine), a one-stop-shop for information and support services to Ukraine-based researchers and researchers fleeing Ukraine. 

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Biodiversity

Do Octopuses Have Emotions?

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Biodiversity

Do Octopuses Have Emotions?

They look so "alien," but octopuses feel and remember pain like we do. We can track their emotional reactions. But their deeper feelings are a mystery.

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The Marine Biologist Whose Photography Pastime Became a Profession

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The Marine Biologist Whose Photography Pastime Became a Profession

Alexander Semenov is a marine biologist and head of the scientific diving team at the White Sea Biological Station of Moscow State University.

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After Lockdown: A Metamorphosis by Bruno Latour (Book Review)

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After Lockdown: A Metamorphosis by Bruno Latour (Book Review)

In After Lockdown: A Metamorphosis, Bruno Latour explores how the experience of lockdown during the COVID-19 pandemic has led us to better understand our connections with other living beings, in ways that might be conducive to confronting our climate crisis. This book will be of interest to anyone wanting to explore the philosophical meanings of lockdowns, Gaia theories and climate politics.

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Fraud and Peer Review

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Fraud and Peer Review

An interview that offers a discussion on the role of peer review in uncovering scientific fraud from the perspective of a historian of science.

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Research Infrastructures Face Disruption Due to Association Deadlock

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Research Infrastructures Face Disruption Due to Association Deadlock

When JET, the Joint European Torus, announced a breakthrough in the production of fusion energy in February, the celebrations could be heard across Europe. Although based in the UK, the project belongs to a much wider fusion research community.

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Chile's Archaeologists Fight to Save the World's Oldest Mummies from Climate Change

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Chile's Archaeologists Fight to Save the World's Oldest Mummies from Climate Change

The desert graveyard where the ancient Chinchorro decorated and buried their dead is now a Unesco World Heritage site

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Interdisciplinarity

The Societal Territory of Academic Disciplines: How Disciplines Matter to Society

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Interdisciplinarity

The Societal Territory of Academic Disciplines: How Disciplines Matter to Society

This paper analyses the interrelations between academic disciplines and society beyond academia by the case of sociology in Norway. 

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Per- And Polyfluoroalkyl In Household Waste May Be Going Airborne

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Per- And Polyfluoroalkyl In Household Waste May Be Going Airborne

Municipal waste incinerators only report hazardous air pollutants-like dioxin, mercury, and lead-to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) every three years, and PFAS compounds are not yet listed in this category. 

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New US Rules on Sharing Healthcare Research Data Are a Giant Leap for Open Science

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New US Rules on Sharing Healthcare Research Data Are a Giant Leap for Open Science

In order to get funding from the National Institutes of Health, researchers now need a plan for sharing and managing their data. 

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COVID-19

Global Vaccination Must Be Swifter

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Global Vaccination Must Be Swifter

Speeding up development of new vaccines won't help much in the next pandemic, unless world leaders work faster to roll out vaccination globally.

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COVID-19

One-Way Masking Works

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One-Way Masking Works

If you're vaccinated, boosted, and wearing an N95, you're protected-no matter what others are doing.

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How and Why to Say 'no' to Colleagues and Collaborators

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How and Why to Say 'no' to Colleagues and Collaborators

Sometimes it's best to refuse offers and focus on the right projects to benefit your career.

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UK Announces Russia Sanctions in Line with EU Measures

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UK Announces Russia Sanctions in Line with EU Measures

The UK has followed much of the rest of Europe and announced its own scientific sanctions against Russia, leaving the US, which has still not issued any centralised guidance, increasingly isolated in its inaction. After reviewing its Russian links, the UK has said its research and innovation funding organisations will not start any new projects with Russia. Payments to existing projects "with a Russian dimension" have been paused pending an assessment of which ones "benefit the Russian regime."

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How Putin's War Is Sinking Climate Science

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How Putin's War Is Sinking Climate Science

An American journalist leaves Russia as war breaks up the international collaboration key to climate research in the Arctic.

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Social-Media Reform is Flying Blind

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Social-Media Reform is Flying Blind

Redesigning social media to improve society requires a new platform for research.

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Early Career Researchers

How the Career Path to Principal Investigator is Narrowing

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Early Career Researchers

How the Career Path to Principal Investigator is Narrowing

Lab leader roles are proving more elusive as trainees seek opportunities elsewhere, two studies find.

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Scientists Fear Excluding Russia from Arctic Research Will Derail Climate Change Effort

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Russia

Scientists Fear Excluding Russia from Arctic Research Will Derail Climate Change Effort

Crucial climate change research in the Artic is in jeopardy after the operation of the Arctic Council that coordinates the work was put on hold following Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

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EU and US Come to 'Agreement in Principle' on Data Flows

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EU and US Come to 'Agreement in Principle' on Data Flows

The EU and US have reached an agreement in principle on facilitating data flows, including research data, across the Atlantic. Steady data sharing has been hampered since the EU's Court of Justice struck down the old rules due to concerns about US government surveillance in July 2020.

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Research

Managing Academic Performance by Optimal Resource Allocation - Scientometrics

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Managing Academic Performance by Optimal Resource Allocation - Scientometrics

This paper develops and studies a complex data-driven framework for human resource management enabling (i) academic talent recognition, (ii) researcher performance measurement, and (iii) renewable resource allocation maximizing the total output of a research unit.

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Citizen Science

Community science rides the escalator of public engagement

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Citizen Science

Community science rides the escalator of public engagement

Too often, science public communication programmes are didactic in nature. To help generate genuine engagement, the EU-funded DITOs project launched two-way discussions to inspire the public and influence policy.

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US

Biden Bids Again to Boost Science Spending - but Faces Long Odds

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Biden Bids Again to Boost Science Spending - but Faces Long Odds

The US president wants huge increases for clean energy and public health, but a divided Congress might not go along with the plan.

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Politics

Stick to Science Builds Second Wave

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Stick to Science Builds Second Wave

The research community in Europe has rallied behind the Stick to Science campaign, set up in February to push for a rapid resolution to the exclusion of Switzerland and the United Kingdom from EU research and innovation programmes.

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CERN

The Subtle Art of Scientific Diplomacy

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CERN

The Subtle Art of Scientific Diplomacy

Switzerland and the UK play an important role in scientific projects that bring countries together.

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Science Communication

Scientists Must Be Free to Communicate Without Politicians' Spin

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Science Communication

Scientists Must Be Free to Communicate Without Politicians' Spin

Whether it's about COVID or badger culls, the science can be unclear. But the public must hear about it from the researchers, not from government press officers.

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Science Politics
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Politics and Expertise: How to Use Science in a Democratic Society

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Society

Politics and Expertise: How to Use Science in a Democratic Society

The Covid-19 pandemic has underlined the importance of scientific advice to modern policymaking. But how can the use of expertise in politics be aligned with the needs and values of the public?

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