Living science: Triaging Shakespeare
What if every creative endeavor had to go through Peer Review?
What if every creative endeavor had to go through Peer Review?
When researchers collect or select data or statistical analyses until nonsignificant results become significant.
The latest report on retracted publications in the PubMed database.
The researchers also point out that artists and filmmakers, in addition to journalists, could help pull compelling narratives out of all that science.
Biomedical researchers look to post-publication peer review to build grant funding case.
"Open Humans" project backed by Knight and Robert Wood Johnson Foundation invites individuals to share their most personal health information to accelerate medical breakthroughs.
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.
Over 20 European Universities (LERU) signed the DORA Declaration on Research Assessment.
World University Rankings analysis reveals the biggest climbers under 50 years of age.
THE analysis reveals progress in closing gap, but female academics still earn nearly £6K less than men.
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.
Divertion of Horizon cash to investment fund will boost financial 'firepower', says Carlos Moedas.
Advertising science as a driver of economic growth is a long‐term losing strategy.
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.
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.
The case of the human-computer interaction community.
Online survey to explore the culture of research in the UK and its effect on ethical conduct in science and the quality of research.
Consumer-oriented websites allow researchers to compare the merits of scientific journals and review their publishing experiences..
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.
There is a growing number of postdocs and few places in academia for them to go. But change could be on the way.
Institutional public access plans for Open Science.
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.
For half a century, the government funded research. Times are changing.
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.
Tech firms can banish sexism without sacrificing the culture that made them successful.
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.
There are no valid arguments to support the recent trend toward seven-figure salaries for high-ranking university administrators.