Inclusion Without a Structural Lens Just Reproduces Exclusion
With universities relying on disclosure models and deficit framing to address awarding gaps, racism and ableism aren't distortions of the system - they're built into it.
AI Promised to Democratise Academic Publishing - the Evidence Says Otherwise
AI Promised to Democratise Academic Publishing - the Evidence Says Otherwise
It was thought AI would level the playing field in academic publishing for non-native English speakers. A growing body of evidence to reveals the opposite.
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.
Symposium - Revolutions in Science: Discovery, Imagination, and the Future
As the United States marks its 250th anniversary, the National Academy of Sciences will convene scientific leaders, innovators, and emerging researchers to explore a central question: What discoveries will define the next 250 years?
Open Science Retreat Insights: Can Open Science Survive Authoritarianism and Geopolitical Tension?
Open Science Retreat Insights: Can Open Science Survive Authoritarianism and Geopolitical Tension?
Authoritarian tendencies, geopolitical conflicts, and growing concerns about research security are putting Open Science under increasing and unprecedented pressure. At the 10th Open Science Retreat, international experts and practitioners discussed how open research can remain resilient in times of such crises.
Why Science Needs the Humanities More Than Ever
From AI to biotechnology, today’s scientific breakthroughs raise ethical and social challenges that technical expertise alone cannot solve.
Australian Universities Fast-Tracked Horizon Europe Association in Hope of Shaping FP10
Horizon Europe Package 2028–2034: Research for Fundamentals and Innovation
“Horizon Europe” is the framework programme through which the European Union (EU) has been advancing research and innovation since 2021. It expires in 2027, and negotiations on the successor package are in full swing. Professor Dr Maria Leptin, President of the European Research Council (ERC), and Professor Dietmar Harhoff, PhD, are closely involved in this process — and are among those preparing the joint ERC and Leopoldina conference “Towards the European Fifth Freedom and Global Competition: Voices from Science” on 29 June.
Multidisciplinary Teams Seek Ways to Mitigate Existential Threats
Nuclear winter, climate change, bioterrorism, AI. Those and other threats are growing in potential impact. What can we do?
Addressing Power Concentration: What to Do About the Office of Management and Budget?
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
A Year In, the Trump Administration is Exercising "Gold Standard" Suppression of Science
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.
UNESCO Launches Open-Source Platform to Advance Global Open Science
UNESCO Launches Open-Source Platform to Advance Global Open Science
UNESCO has officially launched its new Open Science Platform, an open-source resource designed to improve access to UNESCO-supported research and help countries monitor progress towards implementing the UNESCO Recommendation on Open Science.
Now is the Time for AI in Peer Review, and Publishing Policies Need to Recognize This
Now is the Time for AI in Peer Review, and Publishing Policies Need to Recognize This
The role of AI in peer review should be acknowledged in order to ensure practical guidance and policies that help scholars respond with consistency and confidence.
EU Urged to Keep MSCA’s Researcher-Driven Model
Cross-sectoral joint statement says planned introduction of political priorities risks missing out on future talent.
Science, Interrupted: The Lasting Impact of Terminated Grants
The week ended on a Friday afternoon last spring with two emails from Northwestern University's Sponsored Research office telling a researcher that two of his National Institutes of Health (NIH) grants had been terminated.
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.
Scientists Should Recognize Their Own Political Biases to Build Public Trust
Scientists Should Recognize Their Own Political Biases to Build Public Trust
Public trust in science can't be sustained by the support of narrow constituencies at one end of an ideological spectrum.
Why Paying Peer Reviewers Works, According to a Journal's Editor-in-chief
Why Paying Peer Reviewers Works, According to a Journal's Editor-in-chief
A biology journal that paid peer reviewers found that the approach cut the time to a first editorial decision by 85% and maintained high-quality reviews.
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.
Academic Freedom for the Win; Open Access Mandate in Germany Declared Unconstitutional
Academic Freedom for the Win; Open Access Mandate in Germany Declared Unconstitutional
A German court ruled against a mandatory article deposit requirement under Germany's "secondary publication right" (SPR).
Have People Stopped Trusting Science? The Data Tell a Surprising Story
Have People Stopped Trusting Science? The Data Tell a Surprising Story
Some say there's a global crisis of trust - but research reveals where the real problems lie.
If You Want to Publish Papers in Your Own Language, Look to Diamond OA
Diamond OA publications contain more work in languages other than English, Johan Rooryck & Janne Pölönen argue for more national & international co-ordination.
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