Brain’s Reward System Earns Researchers €1 Million
Wolfram Schultz, Peter Dayan, and Ray Dolan have today been awarded the €1 million Brain Prize by Denmark’s Lundbeck Foundation.
Border Clampdown Could Disrupt Web of Collaborations
Where do researchers from the seven banned nations go?
Open Access Can Never Be Bad News
Several of us responded with enthusiasm to the recent news that The Metropolitan Museum of Art opened up their digitised collections.
This Year's Best Science Photos Are So Good They're Basically Art
The finalists of the 2017 Wellcome Image Awards have been announced, showcasing the best science-related imagery from the past year. This year’s crop features a bioluminescent squid, a high-tech contact lens, and a microscopic ‘brain’ on a chip.
The Future of Scientific Publishing
Open access publishing is gaining more and more momentum, and post-publication peer review is becoming more common. Those developments have both upsides and downsides.
What Trump's New Travel Ban Means for Science
Policy reinstates restrictions on immigration from six countries but exempts current visa-holders.
Reformatting Wastes Public Funds
Limited public funds for scientific research are being spent on reformatting manuscripts for different journals, without any apparent gain for science or society.
Trump’s New Travel Ban Still Sabotages Science and Tech
Its prospects for keeping dangerous people out are dubious at best. But would-be immigrants in science and tech will almost certainly be turned away.
The World’s Best Small Universities 2017
Does size matter? Apparently not, according to the students and faculty at the world’s outstanding small universities
Science Journalism Can Be Evidence-Based, Compelling — and Wrong
A ranking of the best science-news outlets misjudges the relationship between research and reporting.
The Perfect Grant and How to Get It
To help scientists build a career, Pfunders must earmark cash, reduce emphasis on collaboration, and improve the application process.
Activists Rush to Save Government Science Data — If They Can Find It
It is illegal to destroy government data, but agencies can make it more difficult to find by revising websites and creating other barriers to the underlying information.
In Crowdfunding It’s Backers That Predict Market Success
The number of backers a product attracts during crowdfunding predicts its financial success in the marketplace – not the amount of money raised.
Patchy Progress on Fixing Global Gender Disparities in Science
‘Leaky pipeline’ stands the test of time, with overall progress for women in research continuing at a crawl.
The Current Peer Review System Is Unsustainable-Awaken the Paid Reviewer Force!
I learned not to develop any hard feelings against the reviewers or the editors...
Quantifying the Effect of Editor–Author Relations on Manuscript Handling Times
Quantifying the Effect of Editor–Author Relations on Manuscript Handling Times
Prior co-authorship relations have a large and significant influence on manuscript handling times, speeding up the editorial decision on average by 19 days.
How Facebook, Fake News and Friends Are Warping Your Memory
Research on collective recall takes on new importance in a post-fact world.
Years of Ethics Charges, but Star Cancer Researcher Gets a Pass
Dr. Carlo Croce was repeatedly cleared by OhioState University, which reaped millions from hisgrants. Now, he faces new whistle-blower accusations.
A Global Coalition to Sustain Core Data
Although researchers have relied on international resources such as the Protein Data Bank and Flybase for decades, the current system is unsustainable because it is largely funded by short-term grants.
Gender in the Global Research Landscape Report
Gender Report — Analysis of research performance through a gender lens across 20 years, 12 geographies, and 27 subject areas.
Use of the Journal Impact Factor for Assessing Individual Articles Need Not Be Wrong
Use of the Journal Impact Factor for Assessing Individual Articles Need Not Be Wrong
Without any doubt, the journal impact factor (IF) is one of the most debated scientometric indicators. Especially the use of the IF for assessing individual articles and their authors is highly controversial.
Photo Project Spotlights Scientists from Under-Represented Groups
Campaign on Wikipedia seeks to reveal the hidden faces of female scientists and those from minority ethnic groups.
We Are Never Just Scientists
The gender and racial gaps in scientific professions illustrate the need for greater inclusion at all levels.