China Cracks Down on Fake Peer Reviews
Funding agencies announce harsh penalties and stronger policing efforts.
Don’t Let Europe’s Open-Science Dream Drift
Now that the major players have agreed to the giant European Open Science Cloud, it’s time to get the project moving.
Does Journal Suppression Reduce Self-Citation?
Journal suppression is an effective tool for reducing high rates of self-citation, even years after a title is reintroduced.
Science's Quality-Control System under Attack
Lengthy publication delays, theft of rivals’ research, allegations of shoddy reviewing, and even the faking of reviews are raising new questions about a decades-old scientific tradition
University of Tokyo Scientist Hit by Anonymous Allegations Fights Back
Biologist Yoshinori Watanabe publishes extensive response
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.
Don't Let Europe's Open-Science Dream Drift
Now that the major players have agreed to the giant European Open Science Cloud, it’s time to get the project moving.
A Dive Into the World of Academic Publishing
A history of the relationship between commercial interests, academic prestige and the circulation of research.
Good Enough Practices in Scientific Computing
A set of good computing practices that every researcher can adopt, regardless of their current level of computational skill.
US Court Grants Elsevier Millions in Damages from Sci-Hub
Some doubt that the publishing giant will see any money from the pirate site.
FAIR Is Not Fair Enough
FAIR doesn’t actually require the data or software to be openly available.
Reflections on Open Research – a PI's Perspective
Interviewing Dr David Savage.
The 4 Types of Innovation and the Problems They Solve
Disruption isn’t the only approach.
Is Your Job About To Disappear?
Use this tool to find out if robots are the future of your profession.
Make Our Planet Great Again
Emmanuel Macron, President of France invites all responsable citizens to come to France in order to Make Our Planet Great Again and work on climate change.
Mavericks & Heretics
Ignored, Scorned…Vindicated. The maverick scientists whose heretical ideas were ultimately proven correct.
Metrics for Openness
The characterization of scholarly communication is dominated by citation-based measures. In this paper we propose several metrics to describe different facets of open access and open research.
Clarivate Analytics Announces Landmark Partnership with Impactstory
Novel public/private partnership connects researchers to verified versions of an estimated 18 million new open access articles from Web of Science.
The Secrets of a Top Salary in Science
The highest-earning academics aren’t necessarily those who do the most research.
Without Even Thinking
Implicit biases are pervasive and unavoidable. But they can be changed.
Scientific Cuddles vs. Criticism
A bit more than a month ago, I arrived in Ann Arbor, Michigan, to spend my summer working with some of the wonderful data sets being collected at the Institute for Social Research of the University of Michigan and to enjoy the unique flair of a US college town (why does it smell like weed everywhere?)