Why Are There So Few Women Mathematicians?
How a corrosive culture keeps women out of leadership positions on math journals
The Best European Cities to Launch a Start-up
A good idea is important of course, but much of the success of a start-up enterprise relies on it setting up in the right place.
Researcher in Legal Battle to Keep Her Interviews Confidential
A judge has ordered Marie-Ève Maille to provide names and transcripts from her study on a wind farm
New Study May Explain Why Peer Review in Science Often Fails
New Study May Explain Why Peer Review in Science Often Fails
Twenty percent of medical researchers do up to 95 percent of the peer reviewing.
The Power of Big Data Must be Harnessed for Medical Progress
But grave challenges remain before the promise of individually tailored medicine becomes reality.
Five Selfish Reasons to Work Reproducibly
Five Selfish Reasons to Work Reproducibly
And so, my fellow scientists: ask not what you can do for reproducibility; ask what reproducibility can do for you! Here, I present five reasons why working reproducibly pays off in the long run and is in the self-interest of every ambitious, career-oriented scientist.
Helping Scientists to Help Others
Guest post by Professor Elizabeth Loftus, winner of the 2016 John Maddox Prize
Universities Whose Work Has Driven Environmental Awareness
As the Paris Agreement to limit global temperature rises comes into force this month, these are the universities that have, between 2011 and 2015, produced the environmental science research with the greatest impact
Why Fake Data When You Can Fake a Scientist?
Making up names and CVs is one of the latest tricks to game scientific metrics.
Evaluating the Non-academic Impact of Academic Research
Evaluation of academic research plays a significant role in government efforts to steer public universities. The scope of such evaluation is now being extended to include the ‘relevance’ or ‘impact’ of academic research outside the academy. We address how evaluation of non-academic research impact can promote more such impact without undermining academic freedom and research excellence.
Working Group on Gender Balance
Women and men are equally able to perform excellent frontier research. This is the view of ERC Scientific Council. Each process within the ERC - from creating awareness about the ERC to signing of grant agreements – is designed to give equal opportunities to men and women. To monitor gender balance in ERC calls, in 2008, the ERC set up a dedicated working group.
Why Research Papers Have So Many Authors
Scientific publications are getting more and more names attached to them
Data and the Future of Healthcare
The Big Data era, the impact of data science and its impact biological research and healthcare: interview with Phil Bourne.
Too much data – a good problem to have
Too much data – a good problem to have
Last week, the 22nd International Conference on Computing in High-Energy and Nuclear Physics, CHEP 2016, took place in San Francisco, attracting some 500 experts from all over the world. This gave the LHC experiments a great opportunity to showcase the impressive progress they have made in mastering the ever-increasing data volumes and to highlight their plans for the High-Luminosity period of the LHC.
Flossing and the Art of Scientific Investigation
Experiments are invaluable and have, in the past, shown the consensus opinion of experts to be wrong. But those who fetishize this methodology can also impair progress toward the truth.
Disrupting the World of Science Publishing
Every scientist wants his or her paper to appear in Cell, Nature or Science. In today’s scientific world, being associated with such publications is synonymous with prestige and excellence, opening doors to top positions and coveted awards.
Jisc Collections and Elsevier agreement: Questions and Answers
On behalf of UK institutions, Jisc Collections has signed an agreement with Elsevier, covering access to research publications. The five-year, opt-in agreement offers subscription access to around 2,116 journals on Elsevier’s ScienceDirect online platform.
BD2K Open Data Science Symposium
How Open Data and Open Science are Transforming Biomedical Research
Two-stage Calls - A real improvement in times of low success rates?
The relatively low success rates for applicants in most parts of Horizon 2020 have been heavily and unanimously criticized by the stakeholders. In response, the European Commission introduced more generally a proposal evaluation in two stages, in order to ease the burden of unsuccessful applicants during the first stage. This approach received a very positive feedback from the scientific communities.
Post-truth: A Guide for the Perplexed
If politicians can lie without condemnation, what are scientists to do? Kathleen Higgins offers some explanation.
Vote for your Scientific Breakthrough of the Year
Getting ready to unveil the 21st “Breakthrough of the Year”...
Wiley Becomes First Major Publisher to Require ORCID IDs for Submitting Authors
Wiley Becomes First Major Publisher to Require ORCID IDs for Submitting Authors
John Wiley & Sons Inc. announced today plans to require ORCID iDs as part of the manuscript submission process for a large number of journals. Beginning in winter 2016, more than 500 Wiley journals using ScholarOne Manuscripts will require the submitting author (only) to provide an ORCID identifier (iD) when submitting a manuscript. Wiley is proud to be the first major publisher to join other stakeholders that have signed ORCID’s open letter.