VizioMetrics
Organization and presentation of visual information in the scientific literature.
Computer Programming Languages Can Impact Science and Thought
Knowledge Lab project to investigate programming features and data science environments.
Decisions, Decisions
Journals are exploring new approaches to peer review in order to reduce bias, increase transparency and respond to author preferences. Funders are also getting involved.
Are Preprints the Future of Biology?
Biologists are posting unreviewed manuscripts in record numbers. But many are still not sure it's a good idea. A survival guide for scientists.
After Upheaval, Russian Academy of Sciences Gets New Leader
Physicist Alexander Sergeyev gets nod from Vladimir Putin.
Chatter Makes Popular Metric Unreliable
An analysis of a popular reputation metric concludes it relies too heavily on social interaction.
Do ResearchGate Scores Create Ghost Academic Reputations?
The academic social network site ResearchGate (RG) has its own indicator, RG Score, for its members. The high profile nature of the site means that the RG Score may be used for recruitment, promotion
Artificial Intelligence in Peer Review
How can evolutionary computation support journal editors?
Steps towards Transparency in Research Publishing
As research and editorial processes become increasingly open, scientists and editors need to be proactive but also alert to risks.
Are Predatory Journals Undermining the Credibility of Science?
A bibliometric analysis of citers.
We Hail Individual Geniuses, but Success in Science Comes through Collaboration
Body Clock Scientists Win Nobel
Three scientists who unravelled how our bodies tell time have won the 2017 Nobel Prize for physiology or medicine.
Ten Simple Rules for Structuring Papers
Applying to all the parts of a paper and further to other forms of communication such as grants and posters.
Estimated Effects of Implementing an Open Access Policy for Grantees at a Private Foundation
Estimated Effects of Implementing an Open Access Policy for Grantees at a Private Foundation
Understanding the potential effects of requiring that grantees publish their peer-reviewed research in open access journals.
Publishers Increasingly in Control of Scholarly Infrastructure and This Is Why We Should Care
Publishers Increasingly in Control of Scholarly Infrastructure and This Is Why We Should Care
There is an urgent need by research communities and public agencies to collaboratively reclaim the infrastructure around the academic knowledge production process.
Medicine Nobel Prize Goes to Circadian Rhythm Researchers
Three U.S. scientists share the 2017 award.
Support Science by Publishing in Scientific Society Journals
While few will disagree with their motives, the authors provide no roadmap for scientific societies. It may be time to learn from the successes of commercial rivals.
The Problem with Nobel Prizes and the Myth of the Lone Genius
Jenny Rohn: Restricting Nobel prizes to three individuals has always been problematic, and increasingly glosses over the contributions of everyday scientists.
U.S. Trio Win Nobel for Finding Einstein's Gravitational Waves
Three U.S. scientists won the 2017 Nobel prize for physics on Tuesday for opening up a new era of astronomy by detecting gravitational waves, ripples in space and time foreseen by Albert Einstein a century ago.
Nobel Prize in Chemistry Awarded for Method to Visualise Biomolecules
Jacques Dubochet, Joachim Frank and Richard Henderson receive £825,000 prize for developing method for generating 3D images of life-building structures.
Collaborative Software Development Made Easy
Save time and protect critical code with 'continuous integration' services.
LIGO's Rainer Weiss, Kip Thorne and Barry Barish Win Physics Nobel
The American physicists Rainer Weiss, Kip Thorne and Barry Barish were honored for dreaming up and realizing the experiment that confirmed the existence of gravitational waves.
A Genealogy of Open Access: Negotiations Between Openness and Access to Research
A Genealogy of Open Access: Negotiations Between Openness and Access to Research
Publishing means different things to different communities and individual approaches to OA are representative of this fact.
Europe's Joint Research Centre, Although Improving, Must Think Bigger
Europe's Joint Research Centre, Although Improving, Must Think Bigger
External report criticizes lack of exploratory research.
Should Scientists Be Posting Their Work Online Before Peer Review?
Opinions are divided on whether the surge in popularity of pre-prints represent a field-wide disaster or the coming of a populist revolution.
AI Could Tell You When You're About to Get Sick
An audacious Chinese entrepreneur wants to test your body for everything. But are computers really smart enough to make sense of all that data?
How Fair Is It for Just Three People to Receive the Nobel Prize in Physics?
How Fair Is It for Just Three People to Receive the Nobel Prize in Physics?
Alfred Nobel didn’t foresee the current era of mega scientific collaboration.
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