Gender Bias and the Peer Review Process
Emma Sayer Lecturer, Lancaster University Despite increased efforts to improve gender equality in academia, gender bias still affects many areas of science.
Advice for early-career peer reviewers
The peer-review system, despite its flaws, is a central component of the publication process. However, relatively little guidance is provided for early-career scientists on 2 important aspects of peer review:
The evolving U.S. policy environment for open research data
This paper presents a brief overview of emerging policies to open up access to research data in the United States.
6 Easy Things Scientists Can do to End Pseudoscience
Don't believe every science study you read, because sometimes not even their authors believe them. Here are the issues corrupting good, honest science – and how to fix them.
Wikipedia is significantly amplifying the impact of Open Access publications
Today, a scientist's most desired citation may be from a publication not often thought of as prestigious: Wikipedia.
Impact of referendum on immigration still uncertain
Two and a half years ago now, a narrow majority of the Swiss electorate approved the so-called popular 'Stop Mass Immigration' initiative or MEI proposed by the Swiss People’s Party or SVP...
Industry is open for business
Postdoc positions in industry can teach people skills that they would not learn in academia.
Tougher rules for clinical-trial transparency
Investigators are now required to disclose all clinical trials, whether successful or not.
UN report calls for a greater place for science in international decision-making
Science is a public good and deserves to be valued more highly and used effectively by decision-makers at all levels.
Why scientific criticism sometimes needs to hurt
As a researcher who gets such severe criticism, you have to go through the 5 stages of grief...
Is More Recognition the Key to Success?
As we celebrate Peer Review Week, this post summarizes some of the reviewer preferences along with ways to boost recognition for peer review activities.
HHMI Launches New Program for Early-Career Scientists
New program aims to recruit and retain early-career scientists who are from gender, racial, ethnic, and other groups underrepresented in the life sciences, including those from disadvantaged backgrounds.
A History of Academic Peer Review
Although peer review is now a fundamental quality control measure implemented during the publishing process, the practice as we know it today is quite different from how it was envisioned...
The FTC Is Cracking Down on Predatory Science Journals
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is suing predatory journal publishing company, OMICS Group, for hiding fees and deceiving researchers. It's a first for the largely unregulated industry.
The librarian's role in text and data mining
The librarian's role in text and data mining
The relatively new exception to copyright law that we enjoy in the UK, permitting text and data mining (TDM) for the purposes of non-commercial research, offers potential to further knowledge and make scientific and medical breakthroughs.
Raising the Status of Peer Review With Publons
An interview with Tom Culley, Marketing Director of Publons, on how provide recognition for this vital part of the scientific process.
Industry is open for business
Postdoc positions in industry can teach people skills that they would not learn in academia.
OpenCon Berlin 2016: Advancing Openness in Research and Education
ScienceOpen has teamed up with OpenAIRE and Digital-Science, alongside two of their portfolio companies – Figshare and Overleaf, to organise an OpenCon ‘satellite’ event to be held in Berlin on the 24-26th November.
Robot-written reviews fool academics
Peer reviews created by self-generated text machines are the latest threat to scientific integrity.
Data manipulation charges against prominent researchers
Anonymous individual or group claims that 22 papers from the University of Tokyo contain fabricated or falsified data.
Cut-throat academia leads to 'natural selection of bad science'
Scientists incentivised to publish surprising results frequently in major journals, despite risk that such findings are likely to be wrong, suggests research.
The natural selection of bad science
Poor research design and data analysis encourage false-positive findings. Such poor methods persist despite perennial calls for improvement, suggesting that they result from something more than just misunderstanding.
Big dreams emerge for big brain science projects
Organizers of national neuroscience projects meet to coordinate goals.
A cross-disciplinary approach to science is helping Nautilus carve a unique niche in science publishing
A cross-disciplinary approach to science is helping Nautilus carve a unique niche in science publishing
With a focus on deep reporting, a print magazine, and an intense affinity for illustrations, nonprofit Nautilus has taken an expensive approach to launching a new science publication.
What Gives With So Many Hard Scientists Being Hard-Core Endurance Runners?
A surprising number of physicists and astronomers and STEM professionals compete in long, hard, miserable athletic endeavors like ultramarathons. Why?
Bad Blood about CRISPR
Who gets credit for the technology to cut-and-paste the human genome?
Results of World University Rankings 2016-2017
University of Oxford snatches top spot from Caltech in this year’s World University Rankings as Asia’s rise continues.
Zuckerberg aims to 'cure, prevent and manage' all disease
Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan plan to invest $3bn over next decade to help scientists develop and utilise tools such as artificial intelligence and blood monitors to treat illnesses
Research Ministry demands Open Access
Federally funded research will now come with an open access clause – but uncertainties remain
Data Sharing at a Crossroads
Data Sharing at a Crossroads
Concerns about data sharing patient-level data from clinical trials.
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