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Academic Journal Reviews

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Academic Journal Reviews

A place for academics to review the publishing process at peer-reviewed journals.

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Interdisciplinarity

Philosophy of science perspectives

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Interdisciplinarity

Philosophy of science perspectives

A collection of case studies on various aspects of interdisciplinarity in science.

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Open Science

Commitment to Research Transparency and Open Science

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Open Science

Commitment to Research Transparency and Open Science

A voluntary commitment to the values of openness and transparency in science.

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Funding

Nobel laureate says scientific breakthrough ‘would not be possible’ today

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Nobel laureate says scientific breakthrough ‘would not be possible’ today

Saul Perlmutter tells that there is a ‘fundamental misunderstanding’ of the purpose of research 

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Reproducibility

From the sugar scam to Brexit, our faith in experts is fading

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Reproducibility

From the sugar scam to Brexit, our faith in experts is fading

Science's quality control processes are under question. Scientists should think about changing the rules and extending their peer communities.

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Prizes
Biomedicine

Nobel honors discoveries on how cells eat themselves

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Biomedicine

Nobel honors discoveries on how cells eat themselves

Cell biologist Yoshinori Ohsumi becomes sole winner of the 2016 Nobel Prize in Phsyiology or Medicine for his work on autophagy

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UK
Funding

£220 million for cutting-edge new technology

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Funding

£220 million for cutting-edge new technology

New funding to support cutting-edge technology

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Science on GitHub

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Science on GitHub

Scientists are turning to a software–development site to share data and code.

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Equality

Women postdocs less likely than men to get a glowing reference

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Equality

Women postdocs less likely than men to get a glowing reference

Women and men applying for geoscience postdocs receive very different letters of support from their mentors.

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Prizes
History

Update the Nobel Prizes

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History

Update the Nobel Prizes

Science’s reach has relentlessly expanded to include ever more facets of our world, but the world’s most important scientific honor society has largely ignored that evolution.

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Policy

Seven-year legal saga ends in earthquake trial

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Seven-year legal saga ends in earthquake trial

Verdict follows conviction of deputy for advice given ahead of L’Aquila earthquake

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Innovation
Big Data

The Artificial Intelligence that reads science

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The Artificial Intelligence that reads science

Iris is an Artificial Intelligence that starts out as a Science Assistant; helping you find the science you need. Over time she will learn, slowly but surely becoming a Scientist herself.

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Publishing

Building a sustainable future for eLife

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Publishing

Building a sustainable future for eLife

To support the long-term growth of eLife we are going to introduce a publication fee of $2500

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EU

Science advisers need to explain the evidence

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Science advisers need to explain the evidence

People no longer take science advice on trust, and science advisers need to provide evidence for their recommendations, according to Carlos Moedas, European Commissioner for Science, Research and Innovation.

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Misconduct

Corporate culture has no place in academia

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Misconduct

Corporate culture has no place in academia

‘Academic capitalism’ contributed to the mishandling of the Macchiarini case by officials at the Karolinska Institute in Sweden, argues Olof Hallonsten.

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Prizes

Trio snare physics Nobel for describing exotic states of matter

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Trio snare physics Nobel for describing exotic states of matter

With advanced math, the laureates helped understand unusual phases of matter such as superconductors, superfluids, and thin magnetic fields.

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Preprints
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Papr: like tinder, but for academic preprints

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Preprints
Website

Papr: like tinder, but for academic preprints

When you open the app you see one at random and you can rate it according to two criteria.

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Crowdfunding

Thinking of crowdfunding your science?

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Crowdfunding

Thinking of crowdfunding your science?

Upbeat presentation and right-sized asks appear to improve chance of success

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The Importance — and the Complexities — of Data Sharing

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The Importance — and the Complexities — of Data Sharing

The Importance — and the Complexities — of Data Sharing

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Government to toughen student visa rules for 'low quality' courses

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Education

Government to toughen student visa rules for 'low quality' courses

Home secretary says government will support 'best' universities

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Canada
Policy

Putting a price on carbon

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Putting a price on carbon

In a dramatic move, Trudeau says Canada will put a price on carbon

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Metrics

Suggesting a truer measure of academic impact

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Metrics

Suggesting a truer measure of academic impact

Chris Carroll argues that the impact of an academic research paper might be better measured by counting the number of times it is cited within citing publications rather than by simply measuring if it has been cited or not.

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Careers
Equality

Salaries: Reality check

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Careers
Equality

Salaries: Reality check

A feeling that good performance is not adequately rewarded is pervading the research world.

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Foresight

Machine learning in the pharmaceutical industry

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Foresight

Machine learning in the pharmaceutical industry

What machine learning could do, and barriers to its use, with global pharmaceutical companies, sector associations, regulators, start-ups and SMEs.

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Misconduct

Anonymous Internet Vigilantes Are Taking it Into Their Own Hands

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Misconduct

Anonymous Internet Vigilantes Are Taking it Into Their Own Hands

PubPeer users went from discussing papers to hunting down fraud—and have embroiled the site in the most important internet privacy case you've never heard of.

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Prizes

The Nobel Prize Gender Gap

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The Nobel Prize Gender Gap

This chart shows a gender breakdown of Nobel Prize winners since 1901.

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Prizes

World's smallest gadgets bag Nobel

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Prizes

World's smallest gadgets bag Nobel

Laureates developed basic building blocks for molecular machines

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Impact

How Many Is Too Many?

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Impact

How Many Is Too Many?

On the Relationship between Research Productivity and Impact

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Prizes

Is the Nobel Prize good for science?

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Prizes

Is the Nobel Prize good for science?

The Nobel Prize epitomizes the winner-takes-all economics of credit allocation and distorts the history of science by personalizing discoveries that are truly made by groups of individuals.

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Reproducibility

Repeat After Me

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Reproducibility

Repeat After Me

A cartoon about psychology's reproducibility problem.

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