Ioannidis and Kaplan discuss the importance of improved reporting in scholarly research
Ioannidis and Kaplan discuss the importance of improved reporting in scholarly research
A Reddit "Ask Me Anything" series on research reproducibility.
Research for all
Numbers on racial bias in research grants awarded by the NIH show that science has more to learn about inclusiveness.
NIH to retire all research chimps
NIH director Francis Collins announced that the 50 NIH-owned animals that remain available for research will be sent to sanctuaries.
Scientists take to the streets over funding
Scientists take to the streets over funding
Researchers leave their labs to call for greater public support of research.
ETH computer expert wins national science award
Computer scientist Torsten Hoefler is the winner of this year’s Latsis Prize.
Reviewing Peer Review at the NIH
Interview with Dr. Michael Lauer on peer review of NIH grant applications and how it can be improved.
China's bold push into genetically customized animals
New kinds of dogs, goats and monkeys are being made quickly, although scientists voice worries about ethics and whether the methods should be used on humans.
Time to cry out for academic freedom
Time to cry out for academic freedom
Giving staff and students a say in how institutions are run would strengthen governance and clip the wings of administrators.
A well-connected world
The small but focused snapshot of research afforded by the Nature Index helps fine-tune analysis of global scientific collaboration.
When women are missing from peer review
Whether and how gender affects the selection of reviewers.
Problems in academic research co-authoring
An empirically-informed conceptual model to explain co-author crediting outcomes.
Einstein was no lone genius
Lesser-known and junior colleagues helped the great physicist to piece together his general theory of relativity, explain Michel Janssen and Jürgen Renn.
'Seek funding' step added to scientific method
The International Council for Science announced Thursday the addition of a "Seek Funding" step to the scientific method.
'Good' settlement for science may come with strings
Science budget will rise with inflation amid cuts elsewhere, following government spending review.
The establishment of an Open Science policy platform
The Directorate-General for Research and Innovation intends to set-up an Open Science Policy Platform to develop open science policy through a structured discussion with the main stakeholders.
rOpenSci announces $2.9M award from the Helmsley Charitable Trust
rOpenSci, whose mission is to develop and maintain sustainable software tools that allow researchers to access, visualize, document, and publish open data on the Web, has been awarded a grant of nearly $2.9 million over 3 years from The Helmsley Charitable Trust.
Sci-Hub, BookFi and LibGen resurface after being shut down
Though several large online repositories of free books and academic articles were pulled offline, they are not planning to cease their activities and are continuing their operations through alternative domains and on the dark web.
Built on trust
Written agreements between parties in research collaborations are not a sign of a lack of faith.
The weaker sex
At first glance the patriarchy appears to be thriving. Yet there is plenty of cause for concern. Men cluster at the bottom as well as the top.
Elsevier leads the business the internet could not kill
The web had been created to bring academics together; now it offered them a way of sharing their research online for free.
Reinventing science's social contract in the 21st century
Public funding made available for research after the WWII were expected to lead to industrial development, economic growth, and a general improvement of living standards. Yet, this model has been questioned for a few year.
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.
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