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Open Access

UC policy extends free access to all scholarly articles written by UC employees

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Open Access

UC policy extends free access to all scholarly articles written by UC employees

University of California expands the reach of its research publications by issuing a [3]Presidential Open Access Policy, allowing future scholarly articles authored by all UC employees to be freely shared with readers worldwide.

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2015 Nature graduate-student survey

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2015 Nature graduate-student survey

Graduate students dream of academia but are keeping their career options open, according to a 2015 Nature survey.

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Massive pool of US biomedical postdocs starts to shrink

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Massive pool of US biomedical postdocs starts to shrink

A decades-long surge in the numbers of US biomedical postdocs may finally have ended..

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Africa

Africa produces 1.1% of global scientific knowledge

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Africa

Africa produces 1.1% of global scientific knowledge

There are just 79 scientists per million Africans, compared to 4,500 per million people in the United States.

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Humanities

Why scientists should study art and literature

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Humanities

Why scientists should study art and literature

What benefit does a future scientist derive from knowing something about art and literature?

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Communication

Why is academic writing so needlessly complex?

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Communication

Why is academic writing so needlessly complex?

Some research funders have mandated in recent years that studies they finance be published in open-access journals, but they've given little attention to ensuring those studies include accessible writing.

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Reproducibility

Are we finally getting serious about fixing science?

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Reproducibility

Are we finally getting serious about fixing science?

Biomedical research has faced criticism for being unreliable, but a report from the Academy of Medical Sciences might change all that.

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Publishing

Science papers rarely cited in negative ways

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Publishing

Science papers rarely cited in negative ways

On [22]the incidence and role of negative citations in science.

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Peer Review

2015 survey: a global view

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Peer Review

2015 survey: a global view

White paper showing that the vast majority of authors believe that blind peer review helps to minimize discrimination.

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Interdisciplinarity

A century of physics

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Interdisciplinarity

A century of physics

An analysis of WoS data spanning more than 100 years reveals the rapid growth and increasing multidisciplinarity of physics, as well its internal map of subdisciplines.

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Innovation

Does innovation always come from science?

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Innovation

Does innovation always come from science?

Essay triggers lively arguments over how basic science should be funded.

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Publishing

Academics have found a way to access insanely expensive research papers-for free

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Publishing

Academics have found a way to access insanely expensive research papers-for free

"The internet has changed everything and people are simply no longer willing to pay $30 to read a paper from 1987."

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Metrics

ORCID auto-update launch a 'game changer'

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ORCID auto-update launch a 'game changer'

ORCID has announced the launch of Auto-Update functionality, in collaboration with Crossref and DataCite.

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Crowd Science

Not impossible

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Crowd Science

Not impossible

DIY, accessible, tech-based solutions for people around the world

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Switzerland

Troubled billion-euro Brain Project secures another three years' funding

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Troubled billion-euro Brain Project secures another three years' funding

European Commission hopes agreement will restore lost confidence.

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UK

Success rates: surge in applications to 'struggling' research councils

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Success rates: surge in applications to 'struggling' research councils

Success rates fall at five out of six councils amid warnings that the process could become ‘more of a lottery’ as reviewers are stretched.

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Canada

New science-minister post

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Canada

New science-minister post

New prime minister Justin Trudeau gives research a higher profile.

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Publishing

Editors and editorial board quit top linguistics journal to protest subscription fees

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Editors and editorial board quit top linguistics journal to protest subscription fees

Editors and editorial board quit top linguistics journal to protest subscription fees.

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Publishing

Court orders shutdown of Libgen, Bookfi and Sci-Hub

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Court orders shutdown of Libgen, Bookfi and Sci-Hub

A NY District Court has granted Elsevier's request for a preliminary injunction against several sites that host academic publications without permission.

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Publishing

Academic publishing can't remain such a great business

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Academic publishing can't remain such a great business

RELX share price is up 100 percent during the past five years and is now near its all-time high.

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Open Access

Elsevier mutiny: cracks are starting to widen in the fortress of academic publishing

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Elsevier mutiny: cracks are starting to widen in the fortress of academic publishing

The editorial staff of a research journal have resigned to protest the company’s failure to embrace open access.

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Open Data

The economic impact of open data: what do we already know?

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Open Data

The economic impact of open data: what do we already know?

Open data fuels economic growth. Many believe in the theory and ask for the proof. A new report by Nesta and the ODI adds to the evidence of the impact of open data.

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Rankings

Are global rankings losing their credibility?

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Rankings

Are global rankings losing their credibility?

The international university ranking scene has become increasingly complex, confusing and controversial.

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Innovation

Britain’s R&D funding needs no innovation

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Innovation

Britain’s R&D funding needs no innovation

Turning research grants into loans risks stymieing successful industry

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Peer Review

Reviewer fatigue? Why scholars decline to review their peers' work

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Peer Review

Reviewer fatigue? Why scholars decline to review their peers' work

Breuning et al. include some tips for avoiding reviewer fatigue:

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Impact

NIH's new citation metric

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Impact

NIH's new citation metric

A step forward in quantifying scientific impact?

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Careers

A spatiotemporal analysis of Brazilian science from the perspective of researchers' career trajectories

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A spatiotemporal analysis of Brazilian science from the perspective of researchers' career trajectories

An analysis of the education of researchers that constitute the main Brazilian research groups, using data on about 6,000 researchers.

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US

Artificial intelligence institute launches free science search engine

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US

Artificial intelligence institute launches free science search engine

Semantic Scholar comes from centre backed by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen.

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EU

EC names seven researchers as its top science advisers

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EU

EC names seven researchers as its top science advisers

The outgoing head of CERN is among a group of seven researchers who will form a panel to provide independent scientific advice to the European Commission.

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UK

British MPs warn over science funding

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UK

British MPs warn over science funding

Britain is falling behind competitors in research and development investment and the government will be putting jobs at risk if it does not protect science funding in the Spending Review.

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