We announce the launch of a program which integrates our submission process with those of a select set of data repositories to better support data sharing.
The World Library of Science will give students and teachers around the world access to the latest science.
Horizon 2020 has a budget of £63bn, but don’t expect a share unless you’re in one of the wealthiest countries and have a string of articles published in top journals.
The current incentive structure often leads to dead-end studies-but there are ways to fix the problem.
On the implications of academics being monitored in ever more and increasingly disparate aspects of work.
Ingredients to win a grant: start and finish early, seek feedback and file before deadline.
The NSF released a compilation of statistics about its merit review process that will be of great interest to researchers.
There are shifts in individual innovative productivity, which is manifested by the fact that the contribution of young scientists to science is getting smaller and – as a result of deepening of specialization – the dominance of teamwork increases.
The quality and quantity of data on economic activity are expanding.
Open science is the concept of opening up all aspects of scientific research, to allow others to follow the process.
The next generation of DIYBio tools are coming, and this time they mean business.
Launch of the Horizon Prizes which offer a cash reward to whoever can first or most effectively meet a defined challenge.
Every year, the US government gives research institutions billions of dollars towards infrastructure and administrative support. A Nature investigation reveals who is benefiting most.
Rush Holt, a physicist, educator, and eight-term Democratic member of Congress, has been named the new CEO of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).
While Europe’s scientists were watching Rosetta, President Juncker quietly scrapped the role of his top scientific adviser. What does this mean for the future of evidence-based policy in Europe?
Fewer applications prompt concerns over drop in funding and inflationary pressures.
Early career researchers among those targeted for extra support
For $25 a year, Google will keep a copy of any genome in the cloud.
One out of eight highly skilled students emigrates from Switzerland. The big looser is the state. But where do they go?
Scholarly articles, filled with indubitable knowledge and analysis, only exist for the general public behind pricey paywalls. So one lecturer is advocating for them to be free of charge.
One of Swartz' lawyers, writes about the spiteful and unreasonable charges that led to his suicide—and MIT's gutless support of his prosecutors.
Problems and limitations of the traditional and alternative peer review methods.
Technology has helped so many industries evolve over the past few decades, but scientific publishing, surprisingly, has hardly changed since the first journal article in 1665.
Europe's heavy administrative and bureaucratic burden makes collaborations difficult.
Publishing in high-impact-factor journals is commonly seen as a requirement for getting fellowships, faculty appointments, tenure, and funding. Most academics are wrong about this.
A political impasse and a mounting pile of debts pose a threat to research in Europe.
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation plans to require that the researchers it funds publish only in immediate open-access journals.
SPARC Europe and London Higher have jointly commissioned a study by Research Consulting into the overhead costs to universities of complying with the RCUK OA policy.
