A short (personal) future history of revolution 2.0
It is not an insult when others try to replicate our research—it is standard science
How peer-review constrains cognition
Peer-review is neither reliable, fair, nor a valid basis for predicting 'impact': as quality control, peer-review is not fit for purpose.
A citation-based, author- and age-normalized, logarithmic index for evaluation of individual researchers independently of publication counts
A citation-based, author- and age-normalized, logarithmic index for evaluation of individual researchers independently of publication counts
A paper proposing an index (namely, the L-index) that does not depend on the number of publications, accounts for different co-author contributions and age of publications, and scales from 0.0 to 9.9.
OpenCon2015 presentations
OpenCon2015 posters and talks on innovations in science communication and open science.
METRICS Con 2015 presentations
Meta Research Innovation Center at Stanford conference 2015 presentations on data transparency, open science, and reproducibility.
Cambridge Elements
Introducing a brand new concept in academic publishing and scholarly communication, combining the best features of journals and books.
Albert Einstein and relativity in the pages of The Times
One hundred years after Albert Einstein made public his theory of general relativity, many of us struggle to understand it.
Got just a single observation?
A new journal is encouraging scientists to publish single observations, no matter how small.
FWF commits to 5 years of funding for OLH
The Austrian Science Fund has agreed to support the Open Library of Humanities' Library Partnership Subsidy system at a rate equivalent to 15 institutions from 2016-2020.
Italian scientists slam selection of stem-cell trial
Italian politicians have kindled the wrath of some biomedical scientists by hand-picking a stem-cell clinical trial for funding.
Academia.edu crowdsources speedy peer review solution
PaperRank service will allow researchers to rate papers online in bid to accelerate and open up process.
Annotating the scholarly web
Scientific publishers are forging links with an organization that wants scientists to scribble comments over online research papers.
Chief Coca-Cola scientist leaves amid criticism over obesity research
Research shifted focus away from harms of sugary drinks to exercise benefits.
How to build a better PhD
There are too many PhD students for too few academic jobs - but with imagination, the problem could be solved.
The postdoc's dilemma: when to give up on romance and file for divorce?
For most young researchers, academic research is the love of their life. But how much can and should be sacrificed for this love?
How science can be put to common good use?
Drivers of research may need to be tweaked to ensure better contribution to society.
Tradition and innovation in scientists' research strategies
An analysis of the essential tension identifies institutional forces that sustain tradition and suggestions of policy interventions to foster innovation.
The distribution of probability values in medical abstracts
The distribution of p-values in reported medical abstracts provides evidence for systematic error in the reporting of p-values..
The data sharing advantage in astrophysics
Study presenting evidence for the existence of a citation advantage within astrophysics for papers that link to data.
100 Women 2015: How can we stop unconscious bias?
We can't avoid making snap decisions about other people. Or can we?
A social networking site is not an open access repository
What's the difference between ResearchGate, Academia.edu, and the institutional repository?
7 facts about a revolutionary technology
7 facts about a revolutionary technology
What everyone should know about cut-and-paste genetics.
EU Commission sets out plan to allow free data mining
Commission proposes a research-friendly copyright for open science and innovation in Europe.
Dutch Universities and Elsevier reach agreement
The Association of Universities in the Netherlands and Elsevier have reached an agreement in principle that marks a milestone in the Netherlands' transition to Open Access.
From January you'll need an ORCID
Royal Society to make ORCIDs mandatory for its journals.
Secret dossier on research fraud suggests government concern over science
‘Too many institutions’ are ready to ‘sweep fraud under the carpet’.
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