Science Has More Impact When Researchers Travel, Collaborate
If nations and their research institutions are to produce more impactful science, they need to encourage scientists to travel, collaborate and work across borders.
Small News Outlets Influence Us More Than We Think
Unusual experiment reveals that news stories can boost national policy discussion on social media.
Where Star Scientists Choose to Locate: The Impact of US State Taxes
What are the effects of geographical variations in personal and corporate taxes on the location decisions of innovative individuals and companies?
Innovative Research and Creative Output: From Ideas to Impact
How do evolving forms of digital scholarship fit into the current landscape and what are the implications for publishers?
Research and Innovation Futures After Brexit: Scenarios
A set of scenarios produced by the School of International Futures, published here as a tool for others to use in exploring alternative futures for UK research and innovation.
Reproducible Research Badges
Imagine succinct, up-to-date information, not for software projects but for modern research publications.
Those 3% of Scientific Papers that Deny Climate Change
A review found them all flawed. Scientists who deny climate change are not modern-day Galileos.
Global Overview of the Numbers of Researchers
The number of researchers in upper and lower middle-income countries has doubled between 2002 and 2014.
Policy Design and Implementation for Research Data Management in Development Research
Policy Design and Implementation for Research Data Management in Development Research
Investigating the implementation of data management and sharing requirements within development research projects.
Puppetmasters - Who Is Pulling the Strings in the New Information Economy?
Information manipulation is not new, yet everything is different. How do governments, preprints, algorithms, and our own responsibilities intersect? Where does peer review come in now?
Bill Gates Makes $100 Million Personal Investment to Fight Alzheimer's
Gates to invest $50 million in the Dementia Discovery Fund, a venture capital fund that brings together industry and government to seek treatments for the brain-wasting disease.
65 out of the 100 Most Cited Papers Are Paywalled
The world’s most important research is inaccessible from the majority of the world.
Scholarly Publications Beyond Pay-Walls: Increased Citation Advantage for Open Publishing
Scholarly Publications Beyond Pay-Walls: Increased Citation Advantage for Open Publishing
A clear citation advantage for open publishing with open available documents receiving twice as many citations.
She Took On Colombia's Soda Industry. Then She Was Silenced.
The debate over taxing sugary drinks has turned into a ferocious global policy brawl. In Colombia, proponents faced intimidation and censorship.
The Ivory Tower Can’t Keep Ignoring Tech
Algorithms are shaping our lives. Where's academia when it comes to helping us make sense of this?
The Mystery of the Phantom Reference: A Detective Story
Short summary of white paper that shows how sloppy writing and sloppy quality control lead to a non-existing article being cited nearly 400 times.
Reviewer Bias in Single- Versus Double-Blind Peer Review
Single-blind reviewing confers a significant advantage to papers with famous authors and authors from high-prestige institutions.
Manipulating the Alpha Level Cannot Cure Significance Testing
Comments on "Redefine statistical significance"
First Digital Pill Approved
The medicine, an antipsychotic drug, has a sensor that will show doctors whether and when patients are taking it. Other medicines will follow, experts say.
LERU Identifies 4 Golden Principles to Underpin Europe’s Medium-sized Research Infrastructures
LERU Identifies 4 Golden Principles to Underpin Europe’s Medium-sized Research Infrastructures
The League of European Research Universities (LERU) proposes four golden principles for enhancing the competitiveness of medium-sized research infrastructures in Europe.
Need a Paper? Get a Plug-In
A collection of web-browser plug-ins is making the scholarly literature more discoverable.
Sci-Hub Won't Be Blocked by US ISPs Anytime Soon
Google and Comcast won't be asked to take action anytime soon.