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Schulterschluss in der Teilchenphysik
Japan adopts state secrets law
Academics fear secrecy will hinder research into the science behind policy decisions.
Are research sandpits a good way to allocate public funding to research?
The EPSRC allocates millions to fund research at residential workshops.
Pondering science publishing
Panelists and attendees at the American Society for Cell Biology annual meeting considered the future of peer review and journal impact factors.
Geoghegan-Quinn surveys Europe's science horizon
On the eve of a new funding era, the European Union's research chief tells scientists what to expect
Global R&D funding 2014 forecast
Battelle and R&D Magazine jointly released the 2014 Global R&D Funding Forecast indicating that the combination of private and public global R&D spending was flat for 2013.
Tracking the dynamics of individual scientific impact
Typically papers appearing in journals with large values of the IF receive a high weight in such evaluations. However, at the end of the day one is interested in assessing the impact of individuals, rather than papers. Here we introduce Author Impact Factor (AIF), which is the extension of the IF to authors.
How academia resembles a drug gang
The academic job market is structured in many respects like a drug gang, with an expanding mass of outsiders and a shrinking core of insiders.
Shigeaki Kato notches five more retractions, including one in Nature
An endocrinologist who resigned from the University of Tokyo in March 2012 amid an investigation that concluded 43 of his papers should be retracted, has retracted five more papers. The newest is in this week's Nature.
China tops Europe in R&D intensity
China has for the first time overtaken Europe on the share of its economy devoted to R&D.
Particle-physics papers set free
Tensions as open-access initiative goes live — without the field’s leading journal.
The useful science?
The useful science?
Economics is highly parochial: there were more papers focused on the United States than on Europe, Asia, Latin America, the Middle East and Africa combined.
New study reveals funders behind the climate change denial effort
A new study conducted by Drexel University environmental sociologist Robert J. Brulle, PhD, exposes the organizational underpinnings and funding behind the powerful climate change countermovement. This study marks the first peer-reviewed, comprehensive analysis ever conducted of the sources of funding that maintain the denial effort.
Unabhängige Forschung: Forscher, wehrt euch!
Im Geschäft der Erkenntnisgewinnung läuft zu viel schief. Zum Glück gibt es Menschen, die das ändern wollen.
The greater good
The greater good
Governments, funding agencies and universities must all do their bit to ensure that research is appropriately assessed and rewarded.
Researchers' 'unrealistic' hopes of academic careers
Fewer than half of those new to research can expect long-term academic careers There is a "significant credibility gap" between researchers' expectations and the likelihood of their forging long-term careers in higher education, a survey has found.
Data sharing will pay dividends
As public pressure builds for drug companies to make more results available from clinical trials, the industry should not forget that it relies on collective goodwill to test new therapies.
Why we are not ready for radical changes in science publishing
There are indeed concerns about the current science publishing model, but until major changes in grant funding are incorporated, researchers will continue to lust after publications in high-tier journals.
Google Scholar wins raves—but can it be trusted?
Over the past year, Jonathan Eisen's reading habits have changed dramatically. For most of the past 2 decades, he has kept up with scientific literature primarily by combing PubMed. But these days Eisen, an evolutionary biologist, discovers research relevant to his own work without even looking for it.
Collective allocation of science funding: from funding agencies to scientific agency
Collective allocation of science funding: from funding agencies to scientific agency
The NSF and the NIH award tens of billions of dollars in annual science funding. How can this money be distributed as efficiently as possible to best promote scientific innovation and productivity?
The availability of research data declines rapidly with article age
Broken e-mails and obsolete storage devices were the main obstacles to data sharing. Policies mandating data archiving at publication are clearly needed.
re3data: registry of research data repositories
re3data.org presents repositories for the permanent storage and access of data sets to researchers, funding bodies, publishers and scholarly institutions. re3data.org aims to promote a culture of sharing, increased access and better visibility of research data.
The Jack Andraka story
The Jack Andraka story
Uncovering the hidden contradictions behind a science folk hero.
US science agencies get some relief in 2014 budget
Physical science wins bigger increases than biomedical research.
EMBO at 50
50 years ago, the European Molecular Biology Organization was founded by leading scientists who wished to create a network of cooperation in molecular biology.
A new funding model for scientists
What scientist hasn’t dreamed of spending less time getting funding and more time doing research?
Does it matter that there aren't more women in science?
A bibliometric analysis in Nature purports to confirm that women scientists are discriminated against. But the full picture might be much more interesting.
No peeking...
Once upon a time, it was common for scientists to receive letters from researchers working in other institutions, asking for reprints of papers they had published ...
Qualität in der Forschung
Qualität in der Forschung
Vor bestehendem Wissen keinen Respekt zu haben, ist Merkmal hochwertiger Forschung. Die Realität zeigt, dass die Welt von diesem Idealzustand erschreckend weit entfernt ist.
Can peer review be improved?
Scientific publishing is under the spotlight at the moment. Is it time for change?
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