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?
Welche wissenschaftliche Idee ist reif für den Ruhestand?
Der amerikanische Literaturagent John Brockman stellt der Cyber-Elite jedes Jahr seine Edge-Frage. Lesen Sie an dieser Stelle eine Auswahl der jüngsten aufregenden und überraschenden Antworten.
Researchers propose alternative way to allocate science funding
1. Give all scientists an annual, unconditional fixed amount of funding to conduct their research. 2. All funded scientists are obliged to donate a fixed percentage of all of the funding that they previously received to other researchers: the funding circulates through the community, converging on researchers that are expected to make the best use of it.
Finch report implementation & review
The Finch Report , the Government's acceptance of its key recommendations, the new RCUK policies on open access, and the consultation by the Funding Councils on possible open access requirements for material to be submitted to the REF expected in 2020, have changed the open access landscape in the UK.
How simple ideas lead to scientific discoveries
In a 7 mins talk, Adam Savage walks through two examples of profound scientific discoveries that came from simple methods anyone could have followed: the calculation of the Earth's circumference around 200 BC and the measurement of the speed of light in 1849.
NIH plans to enhance reproducibility
Francis S. Collins and Lawrence A. Tabak discuss initiatives that the US National Institutes of Health is exploring to restore the self-correcting nature of preclinical research.
Impactstory.org partners with Altmetric.com
Impactstory will be buying a new data stream: Twitter, G+, and Facebook data from Altmetric.com. Altmetric have spent years working on the thorny problem of connecting tweets with articles.
Do men control the key student societies at university?
My campus survey shows a lack of female leadership in areas where women are underrepresented later in life.
Boycotting academic publishers is a career risk for young scientists
Research careers are built on publishing in high-profile journals, so can postdocs be expected to take a stand against them?
WHO's vision for information sharing
Knowledge generated with public funds should be accessible to everyone, says Dr Al Shorbaji, Director of Knowledge, Ethics and Research at WHO.
Special issue in Euroscientist Webzine
Special issue in Euroscientist Webzine
A special issue of the EuroScientist focusing on the evolving solution for research evaluation
Les agents doubles du classement de Shanghai
Le sociologue et historien des sciences Yves Gingras vient de publier "Les dérives de l'évaluation de la recherche. Du bon usage de la bibliométrie", chez Raison d'agir.
Comparative performance of the UK research base 2013
A report prepared by Elsevier for the UK's department of business, innovation and skills (BIS).
Why publishing everything is more effective than selective publishing of statistically significant results
Why publishing everything is more effective than selective publishing of statistically significant results
Publishing everything is more effective than only reporting significant outcomes.
Suggestions to increase participation
Suggestions to increase participation
An increasing number of publishers and funding agencies require public data archiving (PDA) in open-access databases. PDA has obvious group benefits for the scientific community, but many researchers are reluctant to share their data publicly because of real or perceived individual costs.
Academic torrents
The academic torrents network is built for researchers, by researchers. Its distributed peer-to-peer library system automatically replicates your datasets on many servers, so you don't have to worry about managing your own servers or file availability. Everyone who has data becomes a mirror for those data so the system is fault-tolerant.
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