Nation prevented far more in medical spending and lost productivity than it spent on testing, buying & delivering the 2021 vaccines.
Beyond ideological boundaries, the Open Science movement should address the question of whether and, if so, under which framework conditions “closeness” can be appropriate in global, political crises. Openness must not be abused to place sanctions in global, political crises by closing open offers.
After many and long conversations among colleagues within and beyond the Scholarly Kitchen about what researchers need to know about scholarly publishing.
Universal basic income has repeatedly been shown to help the most vulnerable groups in society. But none of the successful trials have ended with the implementation of basic income as a policy. Why?
According to a new survey, most Americans agree women are critical to scientific discovery.
It often feels as though today’s health headlines are some scientific version of Mad Libs. And now there’s a study that provides evidence for that hunch.
Initiatives are in place to keep early-career investigators in the biomedical system, but more support is needed.
Open Science is not a finish line, but a means to an end. Widespread adoption of Open Science policies would improve the transparency, reusability and connectivity of scientific outputs.
Thanks to the Brexit deal, it is likely that UK researchers will gain access to the Horizon Europe programme and EU research funding. Will this suffice for UK higher education institutions to return to pre-Brexit participation levels?
Today, the Biden Administration releases a presidential memo on scientific integrity and evidence-based policymaking, setting the stage for the administration's efforts to build back from the Trump administration's unprecedented assault on science and strengthen protections for science and scientists across the government.
It’s easier than ever to learn how to produce captivating clips that can boost your scientific outreach - or open the door to a new job.
Despite numerous push-backs and disregard from male colleagues, these women persevered to make some of the greatest breakthroughs in scientific history, paving the way for millions of young women and girls to enter what was traditionally a male-dominated industry.
An overview of the new rules to consider where scientific projects include the processing of personal data.
Analysis at Dutch university suggests researchers are not reporting a large number of animal experiments.
With some 173,000 articles during the period 2011-2015, Switzerland produced 1% of worldwide publications. It is therefore in the top 20 countries of all sizes that publish the most scientific articles.
Without more people of color pursuing doctoral degrees, the talent pool will stay predominantly white.
Policymakers should read the contents of published papers and not just count them, says Dyna Rochmyaningsih.
A set of best practices for scientific software development, based on research and experience, that will improve scientists' productivity and the reliability of their software.
While the University Grants Commission’s system prioritizes peer-reviewed papers, experts not involved in the initiative express concern that it could incentivize cheating.
Among the wider scientific community, there is a widespread dissatisfaction with the current level of transparency and reproducibility in published research and, as part of our response to this, we signed up to the Transparency and Openness Promotion (TOP) Guidelines (https://cos.io/top/).The objective of the TOP guidelines is to encourage transparency, openness and reproducibility in science. By developing shared standards for openness across journals, it is hoped to change the current incentive structures to drive researchers' behaviour towards more openness.
Being around people who are different from us makes us more creative, more diligent and harder-working
To attract more girls to study Stem subjects at university, we need to tackle the stereotypes they are exposed to early on.
This blog calls for a better scientific quality by pointing to the shortcomings in academia.
Ensure the benefits are felt by all involved, maintain a degree of distance and objectivity, protect the quality of consent and your publishing rights, and always choose your partners carefully.
