Data Sharing Can Offer Help in Science's Reproducibility Crisis
A team of researchers suggest that the increasing complexity of managing data may be one reason that reproducibility has fallen off.
In Referees We Trust?
The imprimatur bestowed by peer review has a history that is both shorter and more complex than many scientists realize.
Understanding Collaborative Tools
In this interview, we have a discussion with the co-founder of PaperHive, Alexander Naydenov about the impact PaperHive has had on ESL authors.
Major Global Research Funders Take Strong Lead on Clinical Trial Transparency
Major Global Research Funders Take Strong Lead on Clinical Trial Transparency
Some of the world’s largest research funders and NGOs today agreed to adopt the WHO's strong standards on clinical trial transparency.
China's Belt and Road Infrastructure Plan Also Includes Science
Investment also planned in artificial intelligence, nanotechnology, and other fields.
Paper About Plagiarism Contains Plagiarism
An amusing case of plagiarism in a paper about plagiarism.
Gender Equality Figures Promising but Not the Full Story
Relying just on numbers to assess gender equality is insufficient because companies and researchers are smart enough to game the system.
Two Female Scientists and a Militant Environmentalist Join Emmanuel Macron
Molecular geneticist and university administrator Frédérique Vidal is France’s new minister for higher education, research, and innovation.
The Physicist Who Denies Dark Matter
Maybe Newtonian physics doesn’t need dark matter to work.
Introducing ORCID
ORCID wasn't intended as a massive longitudinal survey of human migration, but with 3 million profiles and growing, it is becoming just that.
Does Sharing of an Unpublished Thesis Create Enough Harm to Imprison Someone?
Does Sharing of an Unpublished Thesis Create Enough Harm to Imprison Someone?
Charlie Rapple highlights the case of Diego Gómez, a Columbian researcher facing prison for sharing someone else's thesis via Scribd.
Gamification: The Future of Graduate Recruitment
Technology, innovation and digitalisation must be seen as sources of income and not as costs to a business.
Transparency In Authors' Contributions And Responsibilities To Promote Integrity In Scientific Publication
Transparency In Authors' Contributions And Responsibilities To Promote Integrity In Scientific Publication
Research institutions should have regular open conversations on authorship criteria and ethics and that funding agencies adopt ORCID and accept CRediT.
Cooperation And Liaison Between Universities And Editors (CLUE)
Recommendations on best practice
Rethinking Career Paths Across Academia
Is there an alternative to the standard academic career path that would actually make research work better?
The Crowd and the Cloud
The role and the impact of citizen science in today’s world.
Do ResearchGate Scores Create Ghost Academic Reputations?
Is it reasonable to employ the ResearchGate Score as evidence of scholarly reputation?
Science, Engineering, and Health Doctorates in the Workforce
Exploring the diverse pathways traveled by science, engineering, and health doctorates as they progress through their careers.
100% Open Access Agreement with Cambridge University Press
The universities in the Netherlands and Cambridge University Press (CUP) have recently concluded a three-year agreement guaranteeing 100% open access to academic journals.
Austrian Science Fund Open Research Data Pilot Report
Austrian Science Fund Open Research Data Pilot Report
Supporting the development of new models for open research data in the digital age.
The Environment Needs Cryptogovernance
The blockchain technology that underpins cryptographic currencies can support sustainability by building trust and avoiding corruption, explains Guillaume Chapron.
Research Articles Must Be Openly Available
The Research Council of Norway is giving universities and university colleges a six-month deadline to upload articles stemming from Council-funded projects to open repositories.
How Women Mentors Make a Difference in Engineering
They act as a “social vaccine” that protects female students against negative stereotypes and gives them a sense of belonging.
Publish Houses of Brick, Not Mansions of Straw
Papers need to include fewer claims and more proof to make the scientific literature more reliable.
Designing a New Type of Journal Metric
At the Researcher to Reader conference, a volunteer project called Project Cupcake was launched to define a new suite of indicators to help researchers judge publishers, rather than the other way around.
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