Scientists Ride the Podcasting Wave
Podcasting can offer personal and professional benefits for researchers who want to dive in.
Tracker Flags Up Failures to Report Clinical Trials
Computerized search of trial registry lists worst offenders.
Why You Need to Publish Open Access
Articles published open access are cited more often than articles that are not. End of Story.
Jisc Collections and Elsevier Sign Landmark Agreement
5-year subscription access to around 1,850 journals on Elsevier’s ScienceDirect e-platform.
The Science of Disaster Science
Exploring the research output on specific natural disasters.
Is Citizen Science the Future of Research or a Recipe for Bad Science?
Is Citizen Science the Future of Research or a Recipe for Bad Science?
Citizen science has the potential to make science and innovation more responsible, but it is not without controversy.
Commission and EIF seek Pan-European Venture Capital Fund-of-Funds Managers
Commission and EIF seek Pan-European Venture Capital Fund-of-Funds Managers
The European Commission and the European Investment Fund are inviting applications for setting up and managing one or more private-sector led, market-driven Pan-European Venture Capital Funds-of-Funds.
Peer Review Needs To Be More Transparent If We Want Better Science
How should the scientific publication process be rethought to be more meritocratic?
Tough Crowd
Tough Crowd
Reviewers who are experts in a given field are more likely to deliver harsher critiques of papers that hit close to home, researchers report.
How to Write an Anonymous Peer Review
How to Write an Anonymous Peer Review
Civility is important in evaluating a manuscript for publication, but so is telling the truth when the paper falls short.
On Publishing and the Sneetches: A Wake-Up Call?
The knowledge that we produce in our publicly funded works belongs to humankind and must not be locked up behind pay-walls— newly submitted papers should be open-access and older ones open-archive.
Is Publication Success a Matter of Dumb Luck?
Researchers may publish their best work at any point in their careers, a new study reports. This is not the same as success being the result of random forces or just plain “dumb luck.”
Self-Organised Scientific Crowds to Remedy Research Bureaucracy
In an era where research bureaucracy is the biggest burden bestowed upon scientists, some are seeking practical solutions.
Why Your Journal Should Have a Reviewer Checklist and What it Should Include
Why Your Journal Should Have a Reviewer Checklist and What it Should Include
While offering reviewers any form of guidance is better than none, being thorough and creating a reviewer checklist is by far the best way to help reviewers know the expectations of your journal.
Nike Co-Founder Phil Knight Gives $500 Million
The University of Oregon is launching a new science campus, backed by a $500 million gift from Nike Inc. co-founder Phil Knight and his wife.
Active Genetics Goes Global
Tata Trusts and UC San Diego partner to establish Tata Institute for Active Genetics and Society.
Big Brain Projects Urged to Aid Public Health
World Health Organization asks research initiatives to focus on translating their findings into clinical benefits.
Thomas Landrain Interview: Short-Circuiting Research
The story of La Paillasse: an open lab which aims to cut out the intermediaries and create a much more open way of doing research, enabling to fast-prototype solutions to scientific problems.
The Quiet Rise of the NIH’s Hot New Metric
Biomedical funders worldwide are adopting the US agency’s free Relative Citation Ratio to analyse grant outcomes.
A transition From Postdoc to Industry
Neuroscientist Ana Mingorance’s experience highlights some pointers for successfully making the move to industry.
The Threat of a Brain Drain Under a Trump Presidency Is Real
Top science and tech talent could choose to set up in other countries that are more hospitable to their work.
Authorea Acquires The Winnower
The Winnower will power a range of publishing services for researchers who are writing on Authorea.
PLOS Releases an Open Data Collection
PLOS Releases an Open Data Collection
A PLOS selection of research articles, guidelines, and commentaries about data sharing, data practices, and data policies from different research fields.
Transparent Peer Review One Year On
The majority of our authors are opting in to publish reviewer reports of their papers.
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