Many Postdocs Face Challenges Securing Parental Leave, New Report Highlights
Navigating leave policies can be tricky, so postdocs need to be proactive and investigate all their resources.
DARPA to Spend $65 million on Human Brain Modem
High-bandwidth connections into the brain could treat blindness, paralysis, and speech disorders.
Availability of Open Reference Data Nears 50% as Major Societies and Influential Publishers Endorse the Initiative for Open Citations
Availability of Open Reference Data Nears 50% as Major Societies and Influential Publishers Endorse the Initiative for Open Citations
In the three months following the Initiative for Open Citations' launch, the percentage of articles with open reference data has moved from 40% to over 45%.
'Replication Grants' Will Allow Researchers to Repeat Nine Influential Studies That Still Raise Questions
'Replication Grants' Will Allow Researchers to Repeat Nine Influential Studies That Still Raise Questions
A Dutch funding agency is making €3 million available to repeat landmark studies—including one published in 1960.
WikiTribune Got Google Funding
WikiTribune has been awarded €385,000 by the Digital News Initiative fund.
PLOS Supports Net Neutrality to Ensure Global Access to the Scientific Literature
Unencumbered dissemination of scientific research depends on a fair Internet.
Inside Google’s Academic Influence Campaign
Google operates a little-known program to harness the brain power of university researchers to help sway opinion and public policy, cultivating financial relationships with professors nationwide.
The Truth about Cash-for-Publication Policy
Chinese scientists can be paid up to $165K for publishing a single paper in a top Western journal. The first study of payments to Chinese scientists for publishing in high-impact journals has serious implications for the future of research.
Repeating Important Research Thanks to Replication Studies
For the first time, NWO is funding nine projects from the health and social sciences that replicate research from others.
A Bibliometric Model for Identifying Emerging Research Topics
A set of criteria for the identification of emerging topics is proposed according to the adjusted definition and attributes of emergence.
Beyond Scoops to Best Practices
Authors submitting a manuscript to eLife are encouraged to upload it to a recognized preprint server at the same time in order to make their results available as quickly and as widely as possible.
AAAS CEO Calls on Secretary of State to Name New S&T Adviser
Secretary of State Rex W. Tillerson must act swiftly to appoint a respected scientist or engineer as his science and technology adviser.
Birkbeck to Investigate the Peer Review Process
Thanks to a $99,000 research grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
Lawmakers Seek $1.1-Billion Boost for the NIH
Legislation introduced in the House of Representatives also rejects a White House plan to cut 'indirect cost' payments to research institutions.
The New Configuration of Metrics, Rules, and Guidelines Creates a Disturbing Ambiguity in Academia
The New Configuration of Metrics, Rules, and Guidelines Creates a Disturbing Ambiguity in Academia
The bibliometric system and the rules which accompany it have created an environment in which many if not most researchers can be identified as transgressors.
Science, Sensationalized: How the Press Undermines Research Funding
Science, Sensationalized: How the Press Undermines Research Funding
Climate change is the perfect example of how a cut-and-dry scientific issue can become controversial if it is represented consistently in partisan terms. Let’s not drag funding into the fray as well.
What Actions Can We Take to Push for Publishing Reform and Incentivise Open Publishing Practices?
Academia Needs to Confront Sexism
“My university's resources to combat abusive supervisors are laughably ineffective.”
Becoming Professor. With Almost no Publications
I think I am the only living person in Sweden who achieved a professor chair with only one international journal publication.
Maryam Mirzakhani Dies at 40
An Iranian mathematician who was the only woman ever to win a Fields Medal, the most prestigious honor in mathematics, died on Saturday. She was 40.
Top Scientists Sue Salk Institute for Discrimination
Two top scientists are suing their employer, the Salk Institute, alleging that they and other women have suffered long-term gender discrimination at the renowned California research center.
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