The Perils of Public Outreach
A culture that normalizes hypercritical peers is a problem for scientists who want to reach beyond academe.
Trump and Brexit Opportunities for EU Science
Ten years of Dutch participation in the ERC programme have been very rewarding for the small nation. The Dutch population accounts for only 3% of the total union but it receives an impressive 9% of the ERC grants. Is this a blessing or a curse?
Reviewers Are Blinkered by Bibliometrics
Science panels still rely on poor proxies to judge quality and impact.
Relying on Women, Not Rewarding Them
New study suggests female professors outperform men in terms of service -- to their possible professional detriment.
Tech Made Cities Too Expensive. Here’s How to Fix It.
Technology is one of the country’s biggest growth industries, but it comes at a price.
EPA Website Removes Climate Science Site from Public View
The Environmental Protection Agency announced Friday evening its website would be “undergoing changes” to better represent the new direction the agency is taking, triggering the removal of several agency websites containing detailed climate data and scientific information.
Award-Winning Nautilus Magazine Enters Troubled Waters
Funding shortfalls at the luxe science magazine have left some contributors waiting months to be paid. They may need to wait a little longer.
Authors Can Now Directly Submit to PeerJ from bioRxiv
Preprints are receiving welcome attention these days for being an integral part of research communication. We announce that starting this week researchers will be able to directly submit their manuscripts to PeerJ for peer review from the popular preprint server bioRxiv.
International Student Table 2017
Explore the universities with the highest percentage of international students.
Phony Peer Review
An unknown number of published studies have a hidden flaw: The “peers” who supposedly vouched for their publication are phonies.
Climate of Complete Certainty
"When someone is honestly 55 percent right, that’s very good and there’s no use wrangling. And if someone is 60 percent right, it’s wonderful, it’s great luck, and let him thank God."
These Countries Could Be the World's New Education Superstars
From Turkey to Thailand, some countries punch above their weight when it comes to university access and research. And where education takes root, economic growth soon follows, says Chris Parr of Times Higher Education.
Opening the Vault of Journal Subscription and Open Access Expenditures
For years, there was no overview of what the total amount being paid for journal subscriptions was per institute or on a national level.
The Influence of Journal Submission Guidelines on Authors' Reporting of Statistics and Use of Open Research Practices
The Influence of Journal Submission Guidelines on Authors' Reporting of Statistics and Use of Open Research Practices
Study suggesting that journal-specific submission guidelines may encourage desirable changes in authors’ practices.
How to Critically Evaluate a Manuscript
You've accepted an invitation to review a research article. Here's some step by step guidance for how to do it right.
Why Isn't There More Scientific Literature?
Contributing to science is no easy endeavor.
An Online Course on Open Science
An open introductory course into the practices of Open Science explains how to make the most of the existing outputs of open research.
In the Age of Trump, Open Science Is Crucial
With funding cuts to major science agencies looming, it is now more important than ever for researchers to embrace transparency and data sharing.
Who’s Who on Science Twitter and Who Counts?
Remember the Kardashian index? That was Neil Hall's 2014 tongue-in-cheek(ish) dig at science Twitter and "Science Kardashians" - scientists with a high Twitter-follower-to-citation ratio.
Turkish Authorities Block Wikipedia
The online encyclopaedia is inaccessible under an official order, but no reason for this is given.
In Europe’s Election Season, Tech Vies to Fight Fake News
In the battle against fake news, a Greek computer scientist living in a northern English town is on the front lines. Armed with a decade of machine learning expertise, he is part of a British start-up that will soon release an automated fact-checking tool ahead of the country’s election in early June.
Marine Le Pen Is a ‘Terrible Danger,’ French Research Leaders Say
Marine Le Pen Is a ‘Terrible Danger,’ French Research Leaders Say
Scientific community calls on voters not to support the candidate of the National Front
More than 1500 People Told Us Where and Why They Marched for Science
Online survey suggests that first-time protesters and nonresearchers swelled the ranks at the weekend pro-science event
New NIH Approach to Grant Funding Aimed at Optimizing Stewardship of Taxpayer Dollars
What Might Peer Review Look Like in 2030?
A report based on the sessions at the SpotOn London conference held at Wellcome Collection Conference centre in November 2016.
Swiss Researchers Turning to Crowdfunding
Thanks to crowdfunding, Swiss university students can build an airplane and solve an energy problem. But is this the best way to finance good science?