Gerard Meijer closed the first open access (offsetting) deals with the major scientific publishers. As his fellow scientists now oppose the new 'Plan S' he looks on with surprise and disappointments.
The Wellcome Trust and the RCUK plan to pilot a streamlined endorsement process to make it easier for outstanding international researchers to obtain Tier 1 Exceptional Talent or Exceptional Promise visas.
Articles in high-impact journals are by definition more highly cited on average. But are they cited more often because the articles are somehow "better"? Or are they cited more often simply because they appeared in a high-impact journal?
Geneticist Eric Lander had a reputation for being a bully, scientists say, as they call for more inspiring leadership.
All disciplines should follow the geosciences and demand best practice for publishing and sharing data.
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Science Europe launches its 2021-2026 strategy in order to support its Member Organisation in their mission to create world-class scientific knowledge, delivering more benefit for our societies.
Users no more likely to lack motivation than non-users - but motivation may wane while under the influence
On 1 January this year, the UK became an associated country to Horizon Europe, the EU’s flagship research scheme, and to the EU’s Earth observation programme Copernicus. Linda Hantrais and Anouska Nithyanandan consider the broader implications of association for the social and human sciences and review the preparations that UK social scientists should be making to re-establish their international reputation for research excellence post-Brexit.
The FAIR Data Principles are being rapidly adopted by many research institutes and funders worldwide. This study assesses the awareness and attitudes of clinical researchers and research support staff regarding data FAIRification.
Preprint showing that ethnic diversity consistently leads to higher scientific impact.
The State of Open Data 2019 report is the fourth in the series and includes survey results and a collection of articles from global industry experts.It is now the longest running longitudinal study on the subject, which was created in 2016 to examine attitudes and experiences of researchers working with open data - sharing it, reusing it, and redistributing it. This year's survey received a record number of survey participants with around 8,500 responses from the research community. While most trends are encouraging around the adoption and acceptance of open data, the research community is now demanding more enforcement of the mandates that have been adopted by many governments, funders, publishers and institutions around the world.The majority of researchers want funding withheld and penalties for a lack of data sharing.
The regulations issued by the State Council aim to improve the management, security, accuracy, and openness of scientific data.
Open Access (OA) emerged as an important transition in scholarly publishing worldwide during the past two decades. The industry is moving towards article processing charges (APC) based OA as the more profitable business model. Research publishing will be closed to those who cannot make an institution or project money payment. This article discusses whether APC is the best way to promote OA.
It’s easier than ever to learn how to produce captivating clips that can boost your scientific outreach - or open the door to a new job.
More than 100 educational institutions, including some of the world's most prestigious, appear linked to blocker funds and other offshore investments.
The gender gap in research productivity varies widely from study to study. This paper looks at how (and why) measuring productivity in different ways provides different pictures of the gender gap.
Despite numerous push-backs and disregard from male colleagues, these women persevered to make some of the greatest breakthroughs in scientific history, paving the way for millions of young women and girls to enter what was traditionally a male-dominated industry.
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Human societies will transform to address climate change and other stressors. How they choose to transform will depend on what societal values they prioritize. Managed retreat can play a powerful role in expanding the range of possible futures that transformation could achieve and in articulating the values that shape those futures. Consideration of retreat raises tensions about what losses are unacceptable and what aspects of societies are maintained, purposefully altered, or allowed to change unaided. Here we integrate research on retreat, transformational adaptation, climate damages and losses, and design and decision support to chart a roadmap for strategic, managed retreat. At its core, this roadmap requires a fundamental reconceptualization of what it means for retreat to be strategic and managed. The questions raised are relevant to adaptation science and societies far beyond the remit of retreat.
The scientific merit of a paper and its ability to reach broader audiences is essential for scientific impact. Thus, scientific merit measurements are made by scientometric indexes, and journals are increasingly using published papers as open access (OA).
For decades, researchers with English as an additional language have faced systemic disadvantages in publishing. AI writing tools promise relief, yet, they also bring new risks into science.
The proposal known as Plan S has the admirable aim of achieving full OA across a wide swath of journal publications. But the path currently suggested has serious drawbacks that could jeopardize nonprofit science societies.
