Over the last week, there's been a storm over the executive compensation and financials at the Public Library of Science (PLOS).
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US analysis questions link between Twitter success and scholarly merit, raising doubts about the use of social media data in altmetrics.
Putting Science 2.0 and Open Science into practice
The Chinese government’s professed commitment to transparency and responsiveness has had a rocky start.
Historic win by Google DeepMind's Go-playing program has South Korean government playing catch-up on artificial intelligence.
Two new centers and four investigators selected by Paul Allen’s new funding group
Tim Birkhead warns of the ‘end of science’ unless academics push back against threats to creativity and integrity
Researchers, publishers and representatives of funding agencies gathered at ASAPBio to discuss the use of preprint publications in biology. It became clear through the discussion on Twitter with #ASAPBio that many were unclear as to the purpose of the meeting, how preprints could help or hinder junior scientists, or even what preprints are.
Crises of infectious diseases are becoming more common. The world should be better prepared
Social science is great at making wacky, wonderful claims about the way the world—and the human mind—works. But a lot of them are wrong.
The replication crisis is a sign that science is working.
Key journal performance data for 2015 and other highlights from a business that is doing a lot more than publishing.
Peer review and criticism is an essential part of academic discourse, and it is why journal articles are of such high quality and rigor. But you don’t get paid for it.
Data Sharing Should Be In Everyone’s Interest
Perspectives: Structural biologist suggests that chemists can help redefine good research behavior by telling the whole story
Scale can be achieved by broadly outsourcing the editorial process. Does this lead to a loss in quality control, and is this acceptable?
