Incentivizing Data Sharing in Medical Research With the S-Index
This viewpoint proposes using a sharing index or S-index to measure investigators’ engagement in sharing research data.
Moedas Picks Top Innovation Advisers
The research commissioner Carlos Moedas has named the panel of 15 advisers who will steer the launch of the European Innovation Council.
Dear Scholars, Delete Your Account At Academia.Edu
As privatized platforms like Academia.edu look to monetize scholarly writing even further, researchers, scientists and academics across the globe must now consider alternatives to proprietary companies that aim to profit from our writing and offer little transparency as to how our work will be used in the future.
Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Acquires Science Search Engine Meta
Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan's $45 billion philanthropy organization is making its first acquisition in order to make it easier for scientists to search, read and tie together more than 26 million science research papers.
Scientists Must Fight for the Facts
President Trump’s unconventional stances cannot go unchallenged.
Trump Administration Restricts News from Federal Scientists at USDA, EPA
The curbs echo what happened in Canada six years ago.
Can New Models of Publishing Better Salvage the Benefits of Peer Review?
Do journals do a good job of finding appropriate peers to review papers? Are editors always in the best place to decide the fate of a paper based on a severely limited sampling of peer reports?
Sudden Changes at the EPA, USDA, and CDC under Trump, Explained
Government scientists are being ordered not to talk about their research — and it’s only week one.
Big Science Has A Buzzword Problem
Moonshots, road maps, frameworks and more are proliferating, but few can agree on what these names even mean.
Trump Just Ordered Government Scientists to Hide Facts From the Public
He also immediately suspended all Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) contracts and grants.
The Gender Bias in Peer Reviewing Reveals the Sexism in Academia
Even women researchers are more likely to choose men to review their academic papers.
How Statistics Lost Their Power – and Why We Should Fear What Comes Next
Are we leaving behind the age of statistics, and entering a new age of big data controlled by private companies?
Now More Than Ever
Now More Than Ever
For those interested in knowing what is in the world around them, the current news is disgusting. All US Environmental Protection Agency grants have been frozen, and employees are being prohibited from discussing the changes or talking to the public.
Could a Neuroscientist Understand a Microprocessor?
A publication that shows that many approaches in neuroscience, when used naïvely, fall short of producing a meaningful understanding.
The Resistance Will Be Tweeted
Rejecting Trump’s science gag order, anonymous NPS Twitter accounts are still going.
Freeze on Federal Activities Gives Scientists a Chill
Researchers raised alarms over reports of a clampdown on grants and communications by the EPA and other agencies. Some of those orders apparently are now being walked back, but long-term questions remain.
Scientific Computing: Code Alert
Programming tools can speed up and strengthen analyses, but mastering the skills takes time and can be daunting.
Unsackable Senior Staff Make Life Even Harder for Junior Academics
As expectations of early career researchers rise ever higher, some established colleagues are failing to pull their weight.
Most Unicorn Founders in the World Are Graduates of Stanford, Harvard…and the IITs
Most Unicorn Founders in the World Are Graduates of Stanford, Harvard…and the IITs
IITs are even better than MIT at churning out founders of unicorns.
NIH Initiates Pilot Grant Program for Innovative Neurological Research
Pilot award strategy designed to enhance funding stability to researchers.
Collaborative Research: About Licensing, Waiving, and Ownership
Collaborative Research: About Licensing, Waiving, and Ownership
How open licenses can simplify international research when multiple research projects are involved and when projects have ended.
A Crisis of Trust Is Looming Between Scientists and Society
It’s vital to improve public trust in science and expertise. But science is increasingly complex, and getting harder to explain.
Looking Inward at Gender Issues
How Science is doing on the front of gender imbalance in authorship.
Conflicts of Interest and Authorship of Industry‐Sponsored Publications
Discussing the role of investigators in the authorship of industry-sponsored publications.
Royal Society Response to Industrial Strategy
The Royal Society welcomes Government’s Industrial Strategy.
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