Tim Berners-Lee on the Future of Book Publishing
How might Web technology change the publishing industry? Ask the inventor of the World Wide Web.
Should researchers publish their findings before peer review?
Scientists, journal editors, and funders of research are talking about a once-heretical idea: preprint publishing for biologists.
All European scientific articles to be freely accessible by 2020
All scientific articles in Europe must be freely accessible as of 2020. EU member states want to achieve optimal reuse of research data. They are also looking into a European visa for foreign start-up founders.
‘Immediate’ open access to all scientific papers by 2020
Observers are skeptical goal can be achieved
Trends and comparison of female first authorship in high impact medical journals
Trends and comparison of female first authorship in high impact medical journals
Observational study from 1994 to 2014
The 10 commandments for influencing policymakers
Nick Hillman offers academics advice on managing expectations and ensuring that their research has a big impact
Why research for the pure sake of knowing is good enough
Duke University biologist Sheila Patek has faced criticism from lawmakers over her research into mantis shrimp and trap-jaw ants, with some calling her government-funded studies a waste of taxpayer money. But according to Patek, not only do her findings have important practical applications, but scientific inquiry is most fruitful when knowledge is sought for its own sake, not to justify budgets.
Organised crime against the academic peer review system
Organised crime against the academic peer review system
Editorials are generally about what we did right in our journal and we do not often publish about our failures. Yet, in this Editorial we feel we have to convey the full story of how we went entirely off track with the publication of a paper.
Student evaluations of teaching are not only unreliable, they are significantly biased against female instructors.
Student evaluations of teaching are not only unreliable, they are significantly biased against female instructors.
A series of studies across countries and disciplines in higher education confirm that student evaluations of teaching (SET) are significantly correlated with instructor gender, with students regularly rating female instructors lower than male peers.
Money back guarantees for non-reproducible results?
There are better solutions to the “reproducibility crisis” in research
The Economics of Academic Self-promotion
Marketing is you telling others about yourself. Public relations is having someone else tell others about you.
Science By Donation
What does it take to get ordinary people to fund your science? This is the third in a series of posts that will explore the brave new world of scientific crowdfunding from the inside.
Blogs and Twitter in informal peer review: the #arseniclife controversy
Blogs and Twitter in informal peer review: the #arseniclife controversy
Using the “#arseniclife” controversy as a case study, we examine the roles of blogs and Twitter in post-publication review.
The Swiss research galaxy
Every research project financed by the SNSF between 2006 and 2015 has been compiled into an infographic.
The ecstasy and the agony of the altmetric score
Altmetrics have gained momentum and are meant to overcome the shortcomings of citation-based metrics. In this regard some light is shed on the dangers associated with the new “all-in-one” indicator altmetric score.
Digital forensics: from the crime lab to the library
Archivists are borrowing and adapting techniques used in criminal investigations to access data and files created in now-obsolete systems.
SAGE Open five years on
Lessons learned and future thoughts on open access in humanities and social sciences.
Why ‘context’ is important for research
Discovery is the pathway to context. Context of an article is all about how research fits into increasingly complex domains, and using structured networks to decipher its value. With the power of the internet at our disposal, putting research in context should be of key importance in a world where there is ever more research being published that is impossible to manually filter.
Switzerland does well in competitiveness ranking
Switzerland has come in second in the annual competitiveness ranking published by the IMD World Competitiveness Center in Lausanne.
After meeting Nobel laureates, French president backs off ‘suicidal’ science cuts
The Natural Selection of Bad Science
The persistence of poor methods results partly from incentives that favor them, leading to the natural selection of bad science. This dynamic requires no conscious strategizing - no deliberate cheating nor loafing - by scientists, only that publication is a principle factor for career advancement.
Sci-Hub: What It Is and Why It Matters
The controversies surrounding Sci-Hub touch on many hot-button topics in librarianship. This primer lays out multiple perspectives on the issues.
The NASW and the Looming Rift in Science Journalism
A report suggests that internal discord may tear apart the National Association of Science Writers, a near century-old professional journalism organization.
Why aren’t there more women in science? The industry structure is sexist
Women outnumber men in a raft of science courses – but when they start their careers, they find many insurmountable barriers.
Sci-Hub: What It Is and Why It Matters
The controversies surrounding Sci-Hub touch on many hot-button topics in librarianship. This primer lays out multiple perspectives on the issues.
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