COVID-19 and the Research Community: Being Vulnerable
Early-career researchers feel discouraged from exposing vulnerability even during a global crisis.
Report Provides Scientific Plan for Nature-based Climate Solutions
Agricultural engineering professor Ben Runkle has co-authored a report by leading ecosystem scientists and policy experts, calling for a scientific approach to nature-based climate solutions in the United States.
How Diversity Makes Us Smarter
Being around people who are different from us makes us more creative, more diligent and harder-working
AI Could Make Scientific Overload Worse
Artificial intelligence is helping to advance science, but it could also add to stress on the research system by generating ever more papers and grant applications, an AI expert at the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has warned.
Interview with Richard Morey: radical transparency, evidence, and skepticism.
Richard Morey on thinking about evidence, selling dog food, and how individual scientist can deal with the crisis in the social sciences.
How Human Capital, Universities of Excellence, Third Party Funding, Mobility and Gender Explain Productivity in German Political Science - Scientometrics
How Human Capital, Universities of Excellence, Third Party Funding, Mobility and Gender Explain Productivity in German Political Science - Scientometrics
Apart from generally showing why political scientists publish more or less, this article specifically identifies accumulative advantage as the principal reason why women increasingly fall behind men over the course of their careers.
A Standardized Citation Metrics Author Database Annotated for Scientific Field
A Standardized Citation Metrics Author Database Annotated for Scientific Field
Citation metrics are widely used and misused. This Community Page article presents a publicly available database that provides standardized information on multiple citation indicators and a composite thereof, annotating each author according to his/her main scientific field(s).
Bridging the Gender Gap: Why Do so Few Girls Study Stem Subjects?
To attract more girls to study Stem subjects at university, we need to tackle the stereotypes they are exposed to early on.
It's 2019. Academic Papers Should Be Free.
Libraries and funding agencies are finally flexing their muscles against journal paywalls. Authors should follow suit.
Scientists Should Talk Directly to the Public
Our work helps answer some of society's greatest challenges, but it's usually conveyed with technical language in journals most citizens never see.
A Road Map Aims to Improve the Lives of Junior Scientists in Europe
A Road Map Aims to Improve the Lives of Junior Scientists in Europe
University associations, legislators, students and other stakeholders release a declaration on ways to recruit and retain early-career researchers in academia.
Encourage Governments to Heed Scientific Advice
To stop evidence-based policy losing its clout, researchers need to engage with policymakers and understand their needs, says Bill Colglazier.
Scientific 'War for Talent' Heats Up As Pandemic Restrictions Ease
Scientific 'War for Talent' Heats Up As Pandemic Restrictions Ease
Countries and universities are once again engaged in a war for talent over researchers, entrepreneurs and students as the world emerges in fits and starts from a pandemic-induced slowdown in international migration.
Scientific 'Cartels' Band Together to Cite Each Others' Work
A small number of scientists band together to reference each other’s work, gaming the citation system to make their studies appear to be more important.
Breakthrough Awards $25m to Researchers at 'Oscars of Science'
Huda Zoghbi, Stephen Elledge, Jean Bourgain, Joe Polchinski and other researchers in life sciences, fundamental physics and mathematics share awards from prize founders Yuri Milner, Mark Zuckerberg and Sergey Brin.
Boosting the Signal in Scientific Talks
A few modest adjustments to the planning and delivery of talks can help scientists share ideas with their peers more effectively, say Scott St. George and Michael White.
US is 'demolishing Its Scientific Leadership with a Wrecking Ball,' Says Chief EU Research Diplomat
US is 'demolishing Its Scientific Leadership with a Wrecking Ball,' Says Chief EU Research Diplomat
The EU must respond by strengthening scientific links with “like-minded” countries, Signe Ratso says
Highly Cited Researchers in Web of Science
Recognizing the world's most influential researchers of the past decade, demonstrated by the production of multiple highly-cited papers that rank in the top 1% by citations for field and year in Web of Science.
A surge of p-values between 0.040 and 0.049 in recent decades
A surge of p-values between 0.040 and 0.049 in recent decades
It is known that statistically significant results are more likely to be published than results that are not statistically significant. We conducted a search in the abstracts of papers published between 1990 and 2014. The results indicate that negative results are not disappearing, but have actually become 4.3 times more prevalent since 1990. Positive results, on the other hand, have become 13.9 times more prevalent since 1990.
The Hong Kong Principles for Assessing Researchers: Fostering Research Integrity
The Hong Kong Principles for Assessing Researchers: Fostering Research Integrity
The primary goal of research is to advance knowledge. For that knowledge to benefit research and society, it must be trustworthy. Trustworthy research is robust, rigorous and transparent at all stages of design, execution and reporting. The authors developed the Hong Kong Principles (HKP) with a specific focus on the need to drive research improvement through ensuring that researchers are explicitly recognized and rewarded for behavior that leads to trustworthy research.
Publish Houses of Brick, Not Mansions of Straw
Papers need to include fewer claims and more proof to make the scientific literature more reliable.
Researchers: Show World Leaders How to Behave in a Crisis
Scientists are teaming up to fight COVID-19. Presidents and prime ministers should, too.
Reproductions of Public Domain Works Should Remain in the Public Domain - Creative Commons
Reproductions of Public Domain Works Should Remain in the Public Domain - Creative Commons
If the work is in the public domain, no copyright licenses should be applied and in the case of CC licenses which are designed to only operate where copyright exists, the application of a CC license is ineffective.
Interdisciplinary Comparison of Scientific Impact of Publications Using the Citation-Ratio
Interdisciplinary Comparison of Scientific Impact of Publications Using the Citation-Ratio
Article shows that the Citation-Ratio is more consistent across disciplines than total numbers of citations.
The White House Wants Your Advice on Improving Scientific Integrity
Concerned citizens, scientists and advocates can provide input to the White House on improving scientific integrity.
Nonreplicable Publications Are Cited More Than Replicable Ones
We use publicly available data to show that published papers in top psychology, economics, and general interest journals that fail to replicate are cited more than those that replicate. This difference in citation does not change after the publication of the failure to replicate. Only 12% of postreplication citations of nonreplicable findings acknowledge the replication failure. Existing evidence also shows that experts predict well which papers will be replicated.
Writing Workshops
The intention of the Writing Workshops is to cultivate professional networks and mentorship and provide access for early career researchers in developing countries to the academic requirements of journals, including international journals, and to equip them with the necessary knowledge and skills to publish in these journals.
Calling All Coronavirus Researchers: Keep Sharing, Stay Open
As the new coronavirus continues its deadly spread, researchers must ensure that their work on this outbreak is shared rapidly and openly.
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