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Peer Review

Living science: Triaging Shakespeare

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Living science: Triaging Shakespeare

What if every creative endeavor had to go through Peer Review?

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Publishing

The Extent and Consequences of P-Hacking in Science

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The Extent and Consequences of P-Hacking in Science

When researchers collect or select data or statistical analyses until nonsignificant results become significant.

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PubMed retractions report

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PubMed retractions report

The latest report on retracted publications in the PubMed database.

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Communication

These scientists studied journalists covering science

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Communication

These scientists studied journalists covering science

The researchers also point out that artists and filmmakers, in addition to journalists, could help pull compelling narratives out of all that science.

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Peer Review

Publish first, get funding later

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Publish first, get funding later

Biomedical researchers look to post-publication peer review to build grant funding case.

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Citizen Science

How to donate your body to science, without having to die?

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How to donate your body to science, without having to die?

"Open Humans" project backed by Knight and Robert Wood Johnson Foundation invites individuals to share their most personal health information to accelerate medical breakthroughs.

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Peer Review

Editor quits journal over fast-track peer-review offer

sciencemag
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Editor quits journal over fast-track peer-review offer

An editor of Nature Publishing Group has resigned in a very public protest the recent decision to allow authors to pay money to expedite peer review of their submitted papers.

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DORA

"Not everything that can be counted counts..."

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DORA

"Not everything that can be counted counts..."

Over 20 European Universities (LERU) signed the DORA Declaration on Research Assessment.

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Switzerland

EPFL among the 7 fastest-rising young universities in the world

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EPFL among the 7 fastest-rising young universities in the world

World University Rankings analysis reveals the biggest climbers under 50 years of age.

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Equality

UCU calls for wage audits as gender pay gap endures

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UCU calls for wage audits as gender pay gap endures

THE analysis reveals progress in closing gap, but female academics still earn nearly £6K less than men.

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Publishing

Einstein shows: Not only citations count

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Einstein shows: Not only citations count

Publications don't have to be successful immediately. This is shown by an article of Albert Einstein and colleagues that gained importance 85 years after having been published. By Anton Zeilinger.

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EU

EU plans to take €2.7 billion from H2020

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EU plans to take €2.7 billion from H2020

Divertion of Horizon cash to investment fund will boost financial 'firepower', says Carlos Moedas.

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Funding

The elephant in the room

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Funding

The elephant in the room

Advertising science as a driver of economic growth is a long‐term losing strategy.

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Funding

We shouldn't keep quiet about how research grant money is really spent

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We shouldn't keep quiet about how research grant money is really spent

The same organisations that make it difficult to get a grant can be ridiculously laid back about how their money is spent once they have signed it over.

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UK

Communication breakdown

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Communication breakdown

A policy change that could discourage UK government scientists from talking to the media is a backwards step. All researchers need to speak up to put science on the political agenda.

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Equality

Research on women in science and higher education

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Equality

Research on women in science and higher education

A bibliometric analysis.

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Peer Review

What motivates people to review articles?

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Peer Review

What motivates people to review articles?

The case of the human-computer interaction community.

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Metrics

Digital Research Report

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Metrics

Digital Research Report

Altmetric mentions and the communication of medical research.

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UK

The culture of scientific research

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UK

The culture of scientific research

Online survey to explore the culture of research in the UK and its effect on ethical conduct in science and the quality of research.

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Publishing

Rate that journal

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Publishing

Rate that journal

Consumer-oriented websites allow researchers to compare the merits of scientific journals and review their publishing experiences..

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Citizen Science

Is DIY really just for the scholarly poor?

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Is DIY really just for the scholarly poor?

Every cutting-edge science by definition has to be DIY. The super-resolution microscopes for which this year’s Nobel was awarded couldn’t be bought in a store: Betzig, Hell, Moerner and colleagues had to build them themselves.

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Careers

The future of the postdoc

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Careers

The future of the postdoc

There is a growing number of postdocs and few places in academia for them to go. But change could be on the way.

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Open Science

How the NIH, FDA, CDC, AHRQ & ASPR guidelines will define open science

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How the NIH, FDA, CDC, AHRQ & ASPR guidelines will define open science

Institutional public access plans for Open Science.

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Publishing

ORCID Receives a $3 Million Grant to Build International Engagement Capacity

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ORCID Receives a $3 Million Grant to Build International Engagement Capacity

ORCID has been awarded an 18-month, $3 million grant by The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust to develop the infrastructure and capacity to support international adoption and technical integration of ORCID identifiers.

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Funding

The history and future of funding for scientific research

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The history and future of funding for scientific research

For half a century, the government funded research. Times are changing.

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Careers

Reward bioinformaticians

nature
Careers

Reward bioinformaticians

Biological data will continue to pile up unless those who analyse it are recognized as creative collaborators in need of career paths, says Jeffrey Chang.

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Equality

Valley of the dudes

economist
Equality

Valley of the dudes

Tech firms can banish sexism without sacrificing the culture that made them successful.

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Reproducibility

How do we solve science's 'credibility problem'?

theconversation
Reproducibility

How do we solve science's 'credibility problem'?

In recent years science has entered a crisis of trust. The results of many scientific experiments appear to be surprisingly hard to reproduce, while mistakes have highlighted flaws in the peer review system.

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US

The real reason college tuition costs so much

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US

The real reason college tuition costs so much

There are no valid arguments to support the recent trend toward seven-figure salaries for high-ranking university administrators.

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Reproducibility

Science and medicine have a 'publication pollution' problem

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Reproducibility

Science and medicine have a 'publication pollution' problem

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