Open research data report
Conservative estimates of the value and benefits to Australia of making publicly-funded research data freely available.
ERC activities and achievements in 2014
The main goal of the European Research Council (ERC) is to encourage high quality research in Europe through competitive funding
Data.gov: Open with apps
Data.gov now enables the public to open data directly with apps like Plotly and CartoDB for robust visualization and analysis. New tools are making it easier to visualize and analyze data at the click of a button.
The Hague Declaration
The Hague Declaration aims to foster agreement about how to best enable access to facts, data and ideas for knowledge discovery in the Digital Age. Following a period of public comment, our global experts are now preparing the final version of the text.
ThinkLab
ThinkLab
ThinkLab is a platform that aims to facilitate and reward a 'massively collaborative', open, online model of research.
RCUK publishes first independent review of its open access policy
The first of a number of independent reviews of the policy during the transition period (five years from the policy being introduced), and covers the first 16 months, April 2013 to July 1014, of the policy’s implementation.
Philanthropies announce new program to support early-career scientists
Philanthropies announce new program to support early-career scientists
HHMI, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and the Simons Foundation launch Faculty Scholars Program to give promising early-career scientists a boost.
BioMed Central retracting 43 papers for fake peer review
BioMed Central is retracting 43 papers possibly involving third-party companies selling the service.
Harold Varmus stepping down as director of the National Cancer Institute
Harold Varmus, a Nobel Prize winner who has led the National Cancer Institute at the NIH for nearly 5 years, said he will step down from his post effective at the end of this month.
President of Japan's RIKEN research labs resigns
Ryoji Noyori, long-time president of Japan's RIKEN network of basic-research laboratories, has resigned after a year in which the organization was embroiled in controversy over fraudulent stem-cell papers.
Four reasons to feel good about the future of peer review
Behind the headlines are exciting initiatives that have the potential to, not just improve peer review, but optimize it for 21st century scholarship.
Redefining scientific communication
"Peer review is mortally sick" according to Vitek Tracz.
Visions of the future for academic publishing
Much of our contemporary approach to publishing research began with the launch of that journal, but what does the future hold?
Europe's research commissioner lays out his ambitions
Europe's research commissioner Carlos Moedas on funding models, diplomacy and scientific advice.
Biotech boot camp
US funding agencies are turning to a Silicon Valley entrepreneur to focus fledgling biomedical companies on success — even when that means making a scientific course correction.
The open access advantage considering citation, article usage and social media attention
The open access advantage considering citation, article usage and social media attention
Study comparing the difference in the impact between open access and non-open access articles.
Living science: Triaging Shakespeare
What if every creative endeavor had to go through Peer Review?
The Extent and Consequences of P-Hacking in Science
When researchers collect or select data or statistical analyses until nonsignificant results become significant.
PubMed retractions report
The latest report on retracted publications in the PubMed database.
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.
Publish first, get funding later
Biomedical researchers look to post-publication peer review to build grant funding case.
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.
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.
"Not everything that can be counted counts..."
Over 20 European Universities (LERU) signed the DORA Declaration on Research Assessment.
EPFL among the 7 fastest-rising young universities in the world
World University Rankings analysis reveals the biggest climbers under 50 years of age.
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.
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.
EU plans to take €2.7 billion from H2020
Divertion of Horizon cash to investment fund will boost financial 'firepower', says Carlos Moedas.
The elephant in the room
Advertising science as a driver of economic growth is a long‐term losing strategy.
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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