Why A Culture of Preprints Developed in Physics, But Not Biology
Scientific journal policies, physics' head start with arXiv, and differences in the culture of the two disciplines may all play a role.
Europe Scrambles to Help Researchers Escape Trump
EU science ministers are calling on the European Commission to stand ready to welcome US researchers threatened by Donald Trump's ongoing tightening of restrictions on US science and provide them with concrete opportunities to pursue their work.
Emma - on Her Way to a Professorship?
Using Emma as an example, the career path of an early career researcher whose PhD was financed by an SNSF project is profiled. To this end, data from the Federal Statistical Office (FSO) and the SNSF was combined and analysed.
Australia Has Set New Expectations for AI Data Centres - They Should Serve the Public
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.
Normalizing Data (sharing)
Introducing Five Essential Factors, our latest white paper. Over the past two years, we've heard from more than 11,000 researchers about their views on data sharing, what they do in practice and the challenges they face. Building on that understanding, today we have released a whitepaper which proposes five key factors to make data management and sharing "business as usual" for all researchers.
Making the Most of World Talent for Science? The Nobel Prize and Fields Medal Experience - Scientometrics
Making the Most of World Talent for Science? The Nobel Prize and Fields Medal Experience - Scientometrics
This study found that the average age of scientists at the time of the breakthrough was higher for researchers from less developed countries. Moreover, individual opportunities in the world were extremely unequal by country of birth, gender significantly conditioned any participation in research, and the probability of becoming a top researcher more than doubled for individuals with parents belonging to the most favoured occupational categories.
The Next Generation Researchers Initiative at the National Academies: New Study Begins
The Next Generation Researchers Initiative at the National Academies: New Study Begins
A new study commenced work at the start of 2017: the “Next Generation Researchers Initiative,” directed by the Board on Higher Education and Workforce at the National Academies of Science Engineering and Medicine.
Why the Human Brain Project went wrong
Two years in, a $1-billion-plus effort to simulate the human brain is in disarray. Was it poor management, or is something fundamentally wrong with Big Science?
Nature Special Issue on Young Scientists
The research enterprise sometimes keeps scientists from pursuing the best ideas: intense competition forces researchers to prioritize publishing papers over tackling important questions. A special issue explores the problems facing early and mid-career scientists, and how to solve them.
How You Should Read Coronavirus Studies, or Any Science Paper
Published scientific research, like any piece of writing, is a peculiar literary genre.
Five companies control more than half of academic publishing
[3]A study at the University of Montreal shows that Reed-Elsevier, Springer, Wiley-Blackwell, Taylor & Francis, and Sage now publish more than 50% of all academic articles. This number has been rising, thanks to mergers and acquisitions, from 30% in 1996 and only 20% in 1973.
Universities Must Overhaul the Toxic Working Culture for Academic Researchers | Anton Muscatelli
Universities Must Overhaul the Toxic Working Culture for Academic Researchers | Anton Muscatelli
A survey has warned that researchers are too stressed. It's up to universities to improve their working environment
Seize the Moment: Researchers Have a Rare Opportunity to Make Progress in Protecting Global Biodiversity
Seize the Moment: Researchers Have a Rare Opportunity to Make Progress in Protecting Global Biodiversity
A quiet revolution is taking place to incorporate the costs of biodiversity loss into economic planning. It needs researchers to be engaged.
Brussels Kicks off Push to Improve Working Conditions and Career Paths for Young Researchers Across Europe
Brussels Kicks off Push to Improve Working Conditions and Career Paths for Young Researchers Across Europe
The EU is to pilot a new initiative that aims to improve working conditions for young researchers, starting in 2024. The pilot will test how the European Commission, member states and industry could work together to coordinate financing and knowledge networks and strengthen and diversify research career paths by promoting links between academia and industry.
Why it's time to get real about interdisciplinary research
A new book argues for less focus on structures and funding for interdisciplinarity, and more on the everyday highs and lows of collaboration.
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.
Millions of Animals May Be Missing from Scientific Studies
Analysis at Dutch university suggests researchers are not reporting a large number of animal experiments.
Why faculty members work so much?
As I am writing this article, I should be writing something else: an email to an editor, an email to an author, a letter of recommendation, notes for tomorrow’s classes, comments on students’ papers, comments on manuscripts, an abstract for an upcoming conference, notes for one of the books I’m working on.
Preprint Review Should Form Part of PhD Programmes and Postdoc Training
Preprint Review Should Form Part of PhD Programmes and Postdoc Training
Institutions owe it to young researchers to prepare them for careers outside academia. Preprint review is a perfect opportunity.
NSF Wants to Know What You Think It Should Fund
Got an idea that could transform the world? NSF is launching a new contest offers prizes for "biggest" research ideas. On 31 August NSF will begin accepting online entries for the contest. Anyone can submit an idea - from individual scientists to professional societies to a high school science class.
Scientific Fraud: Analysis of a Growing Phenomenon
Scientific fraud: analysis of a growing phenomenon - Read the column on Polytechnique Insights
Why the science pyramid is still out of balance?
In 2022 women are playing a greater role in Australia’s research effort, and have more influence over science policy, than ever before. Even though women do sit at the very top, their representation at other levels of the research pyramid is out of balance.
What Germany's New Government Means for Research and Innovation
The research and higher education plans of the new german government include a new national technology transfer agency, better living support for students, and more job security for early career academics.
Researchers Awarded Prize for Promotion of Alternatives to Animal Experiments
Researchers at Eawag have been awarded the 3R Swiss Competence Centre award for their outstanding research work representing a milestone in the promotion of alternatives to animal experiments.
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