Towards Sustainable Funding for Open Access
In the quest to make scientific publications free to read and free to publish, the million-dollar question is: how can it be sustainable?
Thesis Commons: an Open-source Platform for Theses and Dissertations
The Center for Open Science launches Thesis Commons, a free, cloud-based, open-source platform for the submission, dissemination, and discovery of graduate and undergraduate theses and dissertations from any discipline.
We Need a Replacement for Beall’s List
Although the popular blacklist of predatory publishers is gone, the suspect journals they produce are not.
Management 101 for Scientists – Three Rules for Managing a Successful Team
Good management can make an enormous difference in the success and productivity of any team.
China’s Embrace of Embryo Selection Raises Thorny Questions
Fertility centres are making a massive push to increase preimplantation genetic diagnosis in a bid to eradicate certain diseases.
On Inequality and Academic Publishing
A quantitative analysis of contemporary publishing patterns in the humanities, as well as a conceptual account of the historical relationship of publishing practices to the modern research university.
New FDA Security Rules Will Bar Agency from Hiring Some Foreign Nationals
FDA says new security policy could bar hiring of about 50 foreign nationals per year
Improving the Measurement of Scientific Success by Reporting a Self-Citation Index
Improving the Measurement of Scientific Success by Reporting a Self-Citation Index
Self-citations, if left unchecked, can have a negative impact on the scientific workforce, the way that we publish new knowledge, and ultimately the course of scientific advance.
Despite Policy's Weaknesses, NSF to Reiterate Stance on Teaching Good Research Habits
Cambridge University Press Accused of 'Selling Its Soul' over Chinese Censorship
Cambridge University Press Accused of 'Selling Its Soul' over Chinese Censorship
Academics and activists decry publisher’s decision to comply with a Chinese request to block more than 300 articles from leading China studies journal.
Cambridge University Press Faces Boycott Over China Censorship
Academics pressure publisher as Beijing mouthpiece says western institutions can leave if they don’t like ‘the Chinese way’
Complex Network Visualisation for the History of Swiss Interdisciplinarity
Complex Network Visualisation for the History of Swiss Interdisciplinarity
Mapping research funding in Switzerland
Universities Are Broke. So Let’s Cut the Pointless Admin and Get Back to Teaching
The meaningless tasks and faux-business strategies prioritised by British universities have skewed their real role, writes André Spicer
Elon Musk and AI Leaders Call for a Ban on Killer Robots
Leaders in the fields of AI and robotics, including Elon Musk and Google DeepMind’s Mustafa Suleyman, have signed a letter calling on the United Nations to ban lethal autonomous weapons.
Challenge the Impact Factor
When comparing journals using citation-based metrics, the percentage of highly cited papers is more informative than the average number of citations.
Don’t Blame Open Science for Scooping
Open science is becoming more and more prevalent. Critics, however, think this approach makes it easier to steal somebody else’s ideas.
Is Science Broken? Or Is It Self-Correcting?
Two years ago this month, news of the replication crisis reached the front page of the New York Times.
In Reversal, Cambridge University Press Restores Articles After China Censorship Row
In Reversal, Cambridge University Press Restores Articles After China Censorship Row
The Cambridge University Press faced academic outrage after agreeing to remove articles about Tibet, Tiananmen Square and China's Cultural Revolution.
The Internet Can Be a Brutal Place for Women in Economics, Paper Finds
New paper illustrates the brutal and sexist comments faced by women in economics, and likely other fields as well.
Why Science Must Reward Failure
A lack of recognition for the value of failure holds back creative risk-taking in science.
How Journals Treat Papers from Researchers Who Committed Misconduct
Nature Plants explains how it handled a manuscript coauthored by Patrice Dunoyer, a biologist with multiple retractions to his name.