Tracking Career Outcomes for Postdoctoral Scholars: A Call to Action
What constitutes appropriate peer review for interdisciplinary research?
What constitutes appropriate peer review for interdisciplinary research?
How can interdisciplinary research proposals be more effectively assessed through peer review?
In survey, most give thumbs-up to pirated papers
Survey responses reveal that beyond lack of journal access, convenience and antipathy toward publishers are key motivations for turning to paper repository
How likely is an all-male speakers list, statistically speaking?
How likely is an all-male speakers list, statistically speaking?
A mathematician weighs in.
Royal Society statement on changes to the research, higher education and innovation landscapes
Royal Society statement on changes to the research, higher education and innovation landscapes
Royal Society's President, Sir Venki Ramakrishnan, on the key principles to guide the future of UK's research.
Crazy diamonds
Billionaires are funding lots of grandiose plans. Welcome their ambition
How good management leads to better science
Interview with Daniel Lakens, Assistant Professor in Applied Cognitive Psychology at the Eindhoven University of Technology
Academic return
A broader understanding of 'impact' could help governments to measure the diverse benefits of their investment in research.
Putting Open Science into Practice at the Barcamp Science 2.0
Notes on Open Science from the Barcamp Science 2.0 and the Science 2.0 Conference.
Last Week Tonight: Scientific Studies
John Oliver discusses how and why media outlets so often report untrue or incomplete information as science.
Time for sharing data to become routine
Time for sharing data to become routine
The seven excuses for not doing so are all invalid.
A guide to new data and measurement in innovation policy
A look at novel methods to improve measurement of innovation and growth in the modern economy.
Would paying by results improve reproducibility?
An opinon on the article "Merck Wants Its Money Back if University Research Is Wrong"
DOAJ to remove approximately 3300 journals
Today the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) will remove approximately 3300 journals for failure to submit a valid reapplication before the communicated deadline.
Open Science Prize announces six finalists
Team finalists receive $80,000 each to develop products to overcome hurdles in big data access and usage.
John Oliver exposes how the media turns scientific studies into 'morning show gossip'
John Oliver exposes how the media turns scientific studies into 'morning show gossip'
Science "deserves better than to be twisted out of proportion and turned into morning show gossip."
Journal Reviewer
JournalReviewer is an independent site that aggregates information users provide about their experience with academic journals' review processes.
A Reboot of the Legendary Physics Site ArXiv Could Shape Open Science
A Reboot of the Legendary Physics Site ArXiv Could Shape Open Science
The open source physics site arXiv is turning 25, and it's going to get a makeover. But what does that mean for its principles of data transparency?
Gender representation on mathematical sciences journal editorial boards
A crowdfunding project to give insights into one possible aspect of gender bias in mathematics.
The pressure to publish pushes down quality
Scientists must publish less, or good research will be swamped by the ever-increasing volume of poor work.
Row over proposed biomedical centre intensifies
Document submitted to the Italian Senate criticizes institute that will oversee a €1.5-billion project.
A day in the life of a British academic
Imagine what would happen if the United Kingdom voted to leave the European Union in the referendum of the 23rd June 2016? To give our readers a better idea of the consequences of the Brexit for the country's scientists, EuroScientist has commissioned UK technology journalist Paul Hill to write a fictional day in the life of a British academic post-Brexit. This gives food for thought on the factors influencing the position of Europe's centre of gravity in research.
Crowdsourced solutions
Open competitions bring new minds, skills and collaborations to problems in biomedical research.
Big Pay Differences Among New Male, Female Ph.D.s
Female Ph.D.s in science and engineering earn 31 percent less than their male cohorts one year after graduation, according to a new study in American Economic Review: Papers and Proceedings. When controlling for the fact that women tend to earn degrees in fields that pay less than those in which more men earn degrees, the observed gap dropped to 11 percent. And the gap disappeared when controlling for whether the women were married and had children.