How Innovation Can Solve Society's Problems
When you think of innovation, you also may think of patents and profits. But two Swiss researchers argue that we should be focusing more on people and places.
Introducing a New Series on Reproducibility of Scientific Research
Introducing a New Series on Reproducibility of Scientific Research
How are scholars and researchers working to restore confidence in peer-reviewed science?
PLOS Supports Net Neutrality to Ensure Global Access to the Scientific Literature
Unencumbered dissemination of scientific research depends on a fair Internet.
How You Should Read Coronavirus Studies, or Any Science Paper
Published scientific research, like any piece of writing, is a peculiar literary genre.
Ukrainian Researchers Want to Shift the Focus of International Support from Crisis Response Mode to Rebuilding the Science Ecosystem
Ukrainian Researchers Want to Shift the Focus of International Support from Crisis Response Mode to Rebuilding the Science Ecosystem
While the EU scrambles to help researchers at risk fleeing Russia's war, Ukrainians are urging decision makers to turn their eyes to the situation in the country and start thinking about long-term support.
Ten Simple Rules for Effective Statistical Practice
A list of 10 rules with researchers in mind: researchers having some knowledge of statistics, possibly with one or more statisticians available in their building, or possibly with a healthy do-it-yourself attitude and a handful of statistical packages on their laptops.
Building Resilient Learned Societies in an Age of Pandemic and Fear - The Scholarly Kitchen
Building Resilient Learned Societies in an Age of Pandemic and Fear - The Scholarly Kitchen
Learned societies face many new challenges in the face of a pandemic.
Learning Outcomes and Evaluation Metrics for Training Researchers to Engage in Science Policy
Learning Outcomes and Evaluation Metrics for Training Researchers to Engage in Science Policy
Making research evidence accessible and relevant to policymakers is one way that the scientific enterprise confers direct societal benefits.
Go forth and replicate!
To make replication studies more useful, researchers must make more of them, funders must encourage them and journals must publish them.
How Can Your Research Have More Impact? Five Key Principles and Practical Tips for Effective Knowledge Exchange
World’s Biggest Science Experiment Seeks More Time and Money
The world’s biggest science experiment may get more time and money for completion when nuclear officials convene on Wednesday in France.
The open research value proposition: How sharing can help researchers succeed
The open research value proposition: How sharing can help researchers succeed
A review on the open citation advantage, media attention for publicly available research, collaborative possibilities, and special funding opportunities to show how open practices can give researchers a competitive advantage.
A Cow, a Controversy, and a Dashed Dream of More Humane Farms
The gene-edited bull was a marvel, with calves who'd inherited his trait. But a surprise in his DNA ignited a scientific feud and doomed them all.
Openness on animal research
Ca. 50 organisations involved with life science in the UK agreed to develop a Concordat that sets out how they will be more open about the ways in which they use animals in scientific, medical or veterinary research in the UK.
Should Research Funding Be Distributed Equally Among Scientists?
Instead of making scientists compete for grants based on project proposals, research funding could simply be divided equally among all ‘qualified’ researchers, according to a new paper.
What Should Happen to Unspent EU Research Money?
A row between the European Parliament and the Council over whether unspent money in the previous Horizon 2020 EU research and innovation programme should be rolled into the 2022 Horizon Europe budget remains unresolved - and could repeat itself again next year.
Why Does It Always Rain in the School Holidays? The Science Behind Our Summer Weather Patterns
Why Does It Always Rain in the School Holidays? The Science Behind Our Summer Weather Patterns
Discover why summer holidays often bring rainy weather and explore the science behind our UK's unsettled summer weather patterns.
Why, with whom, and how to conduct interdisciplinary research? A review from a researcher’s perspective
Why, with whom, and how to conduct interdisciplinary research? A review from a researcher’s perspective
Many complex problems and emerging phenomena require joint research efforts across academic disciplines. Interdisciplinary research (IDR) is therefore widely considered a promising approach to knowledge production. This paper reviews the literature on IDR from the perspective of individual researchers engaging in or considering this type of research.
COVID-19 and the Research Community: Being Vulnerable
Early-career researchers feel discouraged from exposing vulnerability even during a global crisis.
Scientific Integrity Bill Advances in U.S. House with Bipartisan Support
Scientific Integrity Bill Advances in U.S. House with Bipartisan Support
Democrats drop some provisions to gain Republican backing and improve chances of final passage of the scientific integrity bill.
Anti-War Russian Scientists Ambivalent over Scientific Sanctions Against Them
Anti-War Russian Scientists Ambivalent over Scientific Sanctions Against Them
Russian scientists who oppose the war against Ukraine say that while they have some understanding of the reasons for European scientific sanctions, stopping international collaboration may be counterproductive in the long term.
Careless Citations Don't Just Spread Scientific Myths - They Can Make Them Stronger
How misconceptions persist and proliferate within the scientific literature.
Amidst Criticism of the Peer Review Process, the Valuable Contributions of Reviewers Should Be Defended
Amidst Criticism of the Peer Review Process, the Valuable Contributions of Reviewers Should Be Defended
As flaws in the peer review process are highlighted and calls for reform become more frequent, it may be tempting for some to denigrate and dismiss the contributions of the reviewers themselves.
Comparing Published Scientific Journal Articles to Their Pre-print Versions
Comparing Published Scientific Journal Articles to Their Pre-print Versions
An analysis reveals that the text contents of the scientific papers generally change very little from their pre-print to final published versions.
Scientific Integrity Must Be Defended, Our Planet Depends on It
To conserve Earth's remarkable species, we must also defend the importance of science and scientific integrity.
Why I Am Suing the Government
The Computer Fraud and Abuse Act is alarming. Like many researchers in computing and social science, writing scripts, bots, or scrapers that collect online data is a normal part of my work.
The Subtle Art of Scientific Diplomacy
Switzerland and the UK play an important role in scientific projects that bring countries together.
The State of Open Data Report 2019
The State of Open Data 2019 report is the fourth in the series and includes survey results and a collection of articles from global industry experts.It is now the longest running longitudinal study on the subject, which was created in 2016 to examine attitudes and experiences of researchers working with open data - sharing it, reusing it, and redistributing it. This year's survey received a record number of survey participants with around 8,500 responses from the research community. While most trends are encouraging around the adoption and acceptance of open data, the research community is now demanding more enforcement of the mandates that have been adopted by many governments, funders, publishers and institutions around the world.The majority of researchers want funding withheld and penalties for a lack of data sharing.
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