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Interview

The importance of applied research

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Interview

The importance of applied research

Bernard Guetta is known as France's most respected geopolitical analyst. On his show on the public radio station France Inter, with its audience of 1.8 million, he deftly discusses the challenges Europe faces in the era of globalization.

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Funding

Competitive funding, citation regimes, and the diminishment of breakthrough research

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Competitive funding, citation regimes, and the diminishment of breakthrough research

Highly fragmented and competitive system can undermine efforts to foster groundbreaking research.

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Equality

Elite male faculty in the life sciences employ fewer women

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Equality

Elite male faculty in the life sciences employ fewer women

Male PI prefer male Postdocs.

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Policy

Measuring scientific performance for improved policy making

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Policy

Measuring scientific performance for improved policy making

The desire for better evidence for public management, a growing movement calling for open access to the results of publicly funded research and the vastly increased power of computing and communications coincide to support policy interest in steering and sharing research results and data about them.

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Foresight

The World in 2025

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Foresight

The World in 2025

Using our data to predict tomorrow's biggest scientific and technological breakthroughs.

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Communication

How infographics can enhance the promotion of your published material

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Communication

How infographics can enhance the promotion of your published material

One of the greatest things about infographics is their efficiency. Wherever there is data, an idea, or story to tell; an infographic can be used to enhance the reader's understanding - and retention - of the information being presented.

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Policy

Evidence-based Union? A new alliance for science advice in Europe

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Evidence-based Union? A new alliance for science advice in Europe

A new network is being launched today, to strengthen science advice and evidence-based policymaking across Europe.

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Publishing

Science joins push to screen statistics in papers

nature
Publishing

Science joins push to screen statistics in papers

New policy follows efforts by other journals to bolster standards of data analysis.

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Metrics

Now on board for all Wiley journals

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Metrics

Now on board for all Wiley journals

After a successful, six month pilot program, we’re pleased to roll out Altmetric today across all Wiley journals.

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ERC

Row hits flagship brain plan

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ERC

Row hits flagship brain plan

Changes in scope and focus of European project anger factions of neuroscience community.

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Initiatives

Neues Zürcher Kompetenzzentrum für "Personalisierte Medizin"

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Initiatives

Neues Zürcher Kompetenzzentrum für "Personalisierte Medizin"

Mit einem neuen Kompetenzzentrum wollen ETH Zürich und Universität Zürich in der «Personalisierten Medizin» Führung übernehmen.

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Communication

Berichterstattung der BBC: Wirre Experten müssen schweigen

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Communication

Berichterstattung der BBC: Wirre Experten müssen schweigen

Das britische Medienhaus BBC will künftig Wissenschafter, die abseitige Meinungen vertreten, seltener zu Wort kommen lassen. Das bedrohe die Meinungsfreiheit, sagen Kritiker.

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Peer Review

The Guardian view on the end of the peer review

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The Guardian view on the end of the peer review

Nature, the pre-eminent journal for reporting scientific research, has had to retract two papers it published in January after mistakes were spotted in the figures, some of the methods descriptions were found to be plagiarised and early attempts to replicate the work failed.

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Communication

Thinking outside the 'knowledge deficit' box

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Communication

Thinking outside the 'knowledge deficit' box

Scientists could achieve more fulfilled professional lives by embracing the skills needed for effective interaction with the public.

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Mobility

Battle for the brains

technologist
Mobility

Battle for the brains

Every year, thousands of scientists leave Europe for jobs elsewhere, notably the United States. The Old World is trying to get them back.

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Transparency

Wie Erfolg uns süchtig macht

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Transparency

Wie Erfolg uns süchtig macht

Kein Wissenschaftler sieht sich gern als bestechlich an. Doch Manipulation und Einflussnahme laufen sehr subtil ab, erklärt Professor Thomas Kliche in der "duz". Der Trick: Auch Korruption kann zu Beginn noch ganz moralisch wirken.

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Open Access

Taylor & Francis survey 2014

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Open Access

Taylor & Francis survey 2014

With responses to both the 2013 and 2014 survey given side-by-side, you can easily see how attitudes have changed. Alongside this, the 2014 survey explores many new areas and gives a fascinating insight into authors' current perceptions of open access.

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Funding

Mapping biomedical research in the USA

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Funding

Mapping biomedical research in the USA

America is a leader in funding for biomedical research, from government, industry, and the non-profit sector. And, for such a large country, the research community is remarkably spread out, with high-quality work being done in every region of the nation.

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Open Data

Open letter to Elsevier

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Open Data

Open letter to Elsevier

Realising the innovative potential of digital research methods: a call from the research community.

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Open Access

How the transition to Open Access could be accelerated by libraries working together

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Open Access

How the transition to Open Access could be accelerated by libraries working together

Libraries are in a good position to push Open Access even further, as they currently fully pay the production costs of the traditional subscription model.

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Careers

PhD overdrive

nature
Careers

PhD overdrive

An excess of graduates means that job-seekers need to be versatile.

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Peer Review

What lesson do rising retraction rates hold for peer review?

theconversation
Peer Review

What lesson do rising retraction rates hold for peer review?

The rate of retractions of scientific papers has been growing over the past decade, suggestive to some of a crisis of confidence in science. Can we no longer trust the scientific literature?

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Humanities

When did we take the "social" out of science?

medium
Humanities

When did we take the "social" out of science?

The push for STEM should not drown out the importance of humanities research.

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Publishing

The 1% of scientific publishing

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Publishing

The 1% of scientific publishing

A new study finds that very few scientists (fewer than 1%) manage to publish a paper every year. But these scientists dominate the research journals, having their names on 41% of all papers.

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Over 40 signatories ask Elsevier to withdraw TDM policy

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Over 40 signatories ask Elsevier to withdraw TDM policy

At the beginning of July, LIBER and 17 other research and library organisations across Europe called on Elsevier to withdraw its current policy on text and data mining (TDM). The number of signatories to the letter has now surpassed 40. They include 33 professional groups plus individual researchers, professors and librarians in a total of 18 countries.

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Peer Review

Journals weigh up double-blind peer review

nature
Peer Review

Journals weigh up double-blind peer review

Anonymity of authors as well as reviewers could level field for women and minorities in science.

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UK

David Willetts replaced as UK science minister

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UK

David Willetts replaced as UK science minister

David Willetts resigned from his post as UK universities and science minister yesterday as part of a government reshuffle. Today, Greg Clark, a conservative minister responsible for cities policy and constitutional reform, has taken over Willetts' portfolio.

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Careers

The stagnating job market for young scientists

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Careers

The stagnating job market for young scientists

The overall demand for new Ph.D.s in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and math is stagnant.

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Peer Review

US ideas have a disproportionate influence on business schools

ft
Peer Review

US ideas have a disproportionate influence on business schools

The changing nature of research evaluation in UK higher education is creating perverse and damaging consequences that reinforce an excessively narrow definition of what counts as "high-quality" research.

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Peer Review

Retractions are coming thick and fast: it's time for publishers to act

theguardian
Peer Review

Retractions are coming thick and fast: it's time for publishers to act

Commenters on post-publication peer review sites such as PubPeer are catching errors that traditional peer reviewers have missed.

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