'Overflow' of new research 'erodes trust between scientists'
According to a new paper, the "deluge" of new scientific papers that academics have to read makes it all but impossible to know what research to trust.
The journal that couldn't stop citing itself
In a four-paragraph editorial published in 2014, the "Journal of Criminal Justice" made 47 citations, all of other pieces that had appeared in the same publication.
US National Academies issue call to cut red tape
US National Academies issue call to cut red tape
Report warns that growing government regulations detracts from research.
67% of Europeans don't believe women have the skills to be scientists
A new survey from L’Oreal looks at the public’s perception of female scientists with shocking results. (Particularly if you live in China.)
PLOS publication costs increase
PLOS ONE increases author publication costs rates in 10%.
Publish or perish culture encourages scientists to cut corners
We need to ensure the reward and support structures in academia promote the best practices rather than corner cutting.
Excellence or non-sense
Excellence or non-sense
What does 'excellence' really mean?
Ignoring science isn't a Republican problem. It's an American problem.
"I'm not a scientist." How many times have you heard that lately from politicians who are trying to duck questions about important scientific topics like climate change and vaccines?
Make academic job advertisements fair to all
Too many university posts are given to men without proper competition.
Gender contributes to personal research funding success in The Netherlands
Study reveals gender bias favoring male applicants over female applicants in the prioritization of their “quality of researcher” evaluations and success rates.
Quotas: an analysis of options for their use
The potential benefits and challenges that could arise from the use of quotas as one way to achieve better gender balance in academia.
For what it’s worth – the open peer review landscape
The current and future issues around post-publication open peer review and the protagonists and platforms that encourage open peer review, pre-and post-publication.
The evolution of impact indicators: from bibliometrics to altmetrics
Ebook covering key insights about traditional and alternative research impact indicators.
How PowerPoint is killing critical thought
The bullet 'pointization' of information is making us stupid and irresponsible.
OLH Launches
The Open Library of Humanities launches with seven journals and the support of 99 institutions.
Precision Medicine Initiative moves forward
The NIH Advisory Committee to the Director issued recommendations laying out a blueprint for the Obama Administration's precision medicine initiative, including the framework for building a large-scale, national research cohort of 1 million or more Americans.
Putting credit back into the hands of researchers
GigaScience launched a project providing an alternative way to give authors credit for their work, contributing more to collaboration, transparency and better data.
Crossref to Auto-Update ORCID Records
Authors with an ORCID iD will be able to have Crossref automatically push information about their published work to their ORCID record.
Equality: we are definitely not there yet
The League of European Research Universities calls for leadership on gender equality issues.
World University Rankings 2015-2016
The world dominance of US universities has further waned in the THE World University Rankings 2015-2016. ETHZ is 9th.
The case for abolishing patents (yes, all of them)
Would we be possibly be better off without any patents at all?
Vigilante Science
Vigilante Science
[19]PubPeer is a bit like an extended journal club; not a bad idea to promote communication among scientists, you might think, so why the controversy?
Are you actually volunteering your time?
To me, volunteering your time means forgoing payment for your time. But how is this affected when someone else is cashing in on your time instead?
Homo naledi fossil discovery a triumph for open access and education
The lead paper describing Homo naledi has been viewed more than 170,000 times in one week.
New ways of publishing research in the digital age
A massive increase in the power of digital technology over the past decade allows us today to publish any article, blog post or tweet in a matter of seconds.
Much more than just genetics
Much more than just genetics
Is "Precision Medicine" another case of rebranding, as chemistry has morphed into nanotech?
Does the peer review model affect the quality of peer review?
BMC editors show that the quality of peer review is slightly higher in BMC Infectious Diseases that operates open peer review compared to BMC Microbiology operating single-blind peer review.
Optimizing the nation's investment in academic research
A new regulatory framework for the 21st century.
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