Is The Academic Publishing Industry Ripe For Disruption?
Taxpayers sometimes have to pay three times for any scientific article.
Efforts to Save Leading Hungarian University Hit Hurdle
US-registered Central European University faces another year of uncertainty over whether it can continue to operate in Hungary.
Federal Funding: Stifled by Budgets, Not Irrelevance
The threat to US science does not come from scientists' assumptions, their commitment to investigator-initiated research or the research community's failure to tackle problems of public concern. It comes from an unrealistic system of draconian budget caps that stifle investment in the future.
Open Science MOOC
100+ volunteers sharing their knowledge about Open Science and contributing to what they see as an extremely important issue in nowadays and future science.
JATS4R: Optimizing the Reusability of Scholarly Content
Canadian Science Publishing's Mary Seligy provides a primer on standards, XML and JATS4R, which is driving improved reusability of scholarly content.
Making the Monograph Sustainable
What can be done to preserve the monograph.
Reproducibility: Automated
Repurposing continuous integration tools for scientific analyses takes the headache out of reproducible research.
The 10 Most Badass Scientific Collaborations That Have Ever Happened
How many scientists does it take to change the world?
Transforming Research, in the Face of Uncertainty, Scarcity, and Bias
Last week's Transforming Research conference in Baltimore, MD, gathered a range of speakers across the academic and professional spectrum.
Analysis of the Carpentries’ Long-Term Feedback Survey
Teaching scientists foundational computing skills.
Patronage as a Research Crowdfunding Model
Patreon works differently to most other crowdfunding services. On Patreon, you donate a small amount regularly.
As Tech Companies Get Richer, Is it 'Game Over' for Startups?
Young firms struggle to compete as deep-pocketed companies like Facebook and Amazon clone products and consolidate their power.
How A Data Visualization Of Sperm Led To A Scientific Breakthrough
Two scientists set out to animate how sperm moves. They ended up making a major discovery.
Research Results Are Increasingly Available For Free
A movement to make the fruits of research available without charge has helped students and faculty members gain access to an increasing number of academic articles.
Researchers Struggle to Fend off Deepening Budget Cuts
Federal spending on science has dropped by half in 5 years.
When the Revolution Came for Amy Cuddy
As a young social psychologist, she played by the rules and won big: an influential study, a viral TED talk, a prestigious job at Harvard. Then, suddenly, the rules changed.
The State of Open Data Report 2017
Figshare's annual report shows that open data has become more embedded in the research community: 82% of survey respondents are aware of open data sets and more researchers are curating their data for sharing.
Dearly Departed Languages
Why Greek and Latin medical terminology is better off dead.
A Radically Open Approach to Developing Infrastructure for Open Science
A Radically Open Approach to Developing Infrastructure for Open Science
Hindawi’s CEO, Paul Peters, explains the problems inherent in proprietary solutions for Open Science infrastructure and presents a proposal for how things can be done differently.
E.P.A. Cancels Talk on Climate Change by Agency Scientists
Organizers of a Monday conference on the Narragansett Bay were told three E.P.A. scientists would not be allowed to present their work.
Who Owns Digital Science?
In analyzing the marketplace of scholarly publishers and scientific workflow providers, a key strategic question is: Who owns Digital Science?
Iranian Scholar Sentenced to Death
Ahmadreza Djalali, a researcher in disaster medicine, has 20 days to appeal against his death sentence.
Authorship Revised: Alternatives to Traditional Authorship
The author line provides no adequate information on the qualitative contribution of the single persons listed.
Peer Review's Give-and-Take
Maybe there isn't a peer-review 'crisis,' at least in terms of quantity.
Imagining The "Open" University: Sharing Scholarship to Improve Research and Education
Imagining The "Open" University: Sharing Scholarship to Improve Research and Education
This Perspective article argues that universities should take action to support open scholarship that benefits society and to return to their core missions of knowledge dissemination, community engagement, and public good.
Radical Open Access Website Officially Launched
A community of scholar-led, not-for-profit presses, journals and other open access projects in the humanities and social sciences.
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