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Horizon 2020 Found to be Meeting its Objectives

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Horizon 2020 Found to be Meeting its Objectives

Horizon 2020 found to be meeting its objectives, but is underfunded

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Pay-to-View Blacklist of Predatory Journals Set to Launch

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Pay-to-View Blacklist of Predatory Journals Set to Launch

Private firm says its watchlist of untrustworthy journals will be objective and transparent — but not free.

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Annual Meeting of the Society for Scholarly Publishing

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Annual Meeting of the Society for Scholarly Publishing

Striking a Balance: Embracing Change While Preserving Tradition in Scholarly Communications

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Welcome to eLife 2.0

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Welcome to eLife 2.0

We’re moving the online journal forward, and we hope you’ll join us on our journey.

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Open Data and Open Science Policies Across Europe

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Open Data and Open Science Policies Across Europe

A SPARC analysis of Open Data and Open Science policies across Europe.

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Peer Review

Essential to Good Science

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Peer Review

Essential to Good Science

Peer review recognition company Publons is set to expand under new owners. Could this boost peer review and stop it being seen as an onerous, thankless task?

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A Thankless Job That One Firm Wants to Change

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Peer Review

A Thankless Job That One Firm Wants to Change

Publons wants scientists to be rewarded for assessing others’ work.

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Innovation
Statistics

Visualize Data Instantly with Machine Learning

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Innovation
Statistics

Visualize Data Instantly with Machine Learning

Today we’re rolling out new features in Sheets that make it even easier for you to visualize and share your data, and find insights your teams can act on.

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Diamond Open Access, Societies and Mission

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Diamond Open Access, Societies and Mission

In this article Robert Harington assesses the Diamond open access model for society journal publishing.

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UK

Should Ageing Academics Be Forced to Quit?

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Should Ageing Academics Be Forced to Quit?

Oxford’s decision on compulsory retirement raises pressing questions about fairness – and what is best for academia as a whole.

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NIH Overhead Plan Draws Fire

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NIH Overhead Plan Draws Fire

President Donald Trump's administration has brought a long-simmering debate over how the U.S. government supports university research back to a boil.

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Public Knowledge Project @PKP

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Public Knowledge Project @PKP

Public Knowledge Project - PKP is a multi-university initiative developing (free) open source software and conducting research to improve the quality and reach of scholarly publishing.

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Experts Call for ‘People Before Projects’ Revamp

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Experts Call for ‘People Before Projects’ Revamp

New report from influential group recommends ditching large-scale projects in favour of funding outstanding individual researchers, getting rid of submission deadlines and awarding smaller grants to make the pie go further.

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Brussels Drive to ‘Punish’ UK Could End Membership of EU Research

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Brussels Drive to ‘Punish’ UK Could End Membership of EU Research

Free movement and ECJ jurisdiction seen as potential stumbling blocks at Russell Group's meeting with MEPs

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Helping Scientists Learn To Talk To The Rest Of Us

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Communication
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Helping Scientists Learn To Talk To The Rest Of Us

A new book by actor Alan Alda is all about communication — and miscommunication — between doctors, scientists and civilians.

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Big Data

How to Call B.S. on Big Data

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How to Call B.S. on Big Data

B.S. expressed as data is relatively new outside scientific circles.

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Pilot Programme Encourages Researchers to Share the Code

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Pilot Programme Encourages Researchers to Share the Code

New project, partly designed by a University of Cambridge researcher, aims to improve transparency in science by sharing ‘how the sausage is made’. 

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We Need to Rethink Research Funding for Regions to Prosper

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We Need to Rethink Research Funding for Regions to Prosper

Funding research solely on the basis of excellence ignores the crucial role science plays in improving local economies and societies

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The Conundrums of Academic Co-Authorship

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The Conundrums of Academic Co-Authorship

Glen Wright on the lighter side of scholarly collaboration

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Reverse Engineering JCR's Self-Citation and Citation Stacking Thresholds

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Reverse Engineering JCR's Self-Citation and Citation Stacking Thresholds

Now we know how suppression decisions are made, should metrics companies suppress titles at all or simply make the underlying data more transparent?

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Bias in Distribution of K99 Awards and Faculty Hires

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Equality
Funding
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Bias in Distribution of K99 Awards and Faculty Hires

The biomedical research enterprise strives to be a meritocracy, but structural inequities and the reliance on nonscientific proxies such as journal impact and university prestige present roadblocks.

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Why It Might Be a Good Time to Start a Career in Science

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Why It Might Be a Good Time to Start a Career in Science

The author of a new study of biomedical funding explains why he’s optimistic about young scientists’ futures.

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Switzerland

A Giant New Machine Is Sucking Carbon Directly from the Air

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A Giant New Machine Is Sucking Carbon Directly from the Air

Experts debate whether technology is useful for curbing climate change.

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5 Million Euros to Fund Blockchain Surveillance Research

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5 Million Euros to Fund Blockchain Surveillance Research

A group of EU government agencies, law enforcement groups and academic researchers are partnering on a new digital currency surveillance project.

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Norway

1.1 Billion for Innovation Projects

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1.1 Billion for Innovation Projects

The Research Council of Norway is announcing a record-high amount of funding for Innovation Projects for the Industrial Sector.

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Innovation

Can You Will Yourself to Be More Creative?

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Innovation

Can You Will Yourself to Be More Creative?

Yes, but only if you are a novice.

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Open Access

Dutch Contracts Have to Be Disclosed

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Open Access

Dutch Contracts Have to Be Disclosed

The open access contracts between the Dutch universities and publishers Elsevier and Springer have to be publicly disclosed. That is the verdict of the committee charged with considering the appeal of the publishers against a freedom of information request.

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NIH Plan to Reduce Overhead Payments Draws Fire

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US

NIH Plan to Reduce Overhead Payments Draws Fire

White House wants to reduce indirect payments from 28% to 10%.

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Careers

Freedom on Staff Hiring ‘Has Strong Link’ to Research Performance

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Freedom on Staff Hiring ‘Has Strong Link’ to Research Performance

Analysis of THE data and latest autonomy scores for Europe suggests ability to hire best staff drives research strength

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Dutch Contracts Have to Be Disclosed

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Dutch Contracts Have to Be Disclosed

Ahead of his address at Going Global 2017, Phil Baty looks at the relationship between the world’s best universities and their place in the world

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