Redressing the Inverted Pyramid of Scientific Publishing
Ultimately, the power to enforce change resides in the hands of scientists.
Fallibility in Science: Responding to Errors in the Work of Oneself and Others
Fallibility in Science: Responding to Errors in the Work of Oneself and Others
For science to progress, we have to accept the inevitability of error.
A Machiavellian Guide to Getting Ahead in Academia
Rogier Creemers advises early career academics to be ruthless and put themselves first to move up the ladder.
Attitudes and Norms Affecting Scientists' Data Reuse
Article showing that the perceived efficacy and efficiency of data reuse are strong predictors of reuse behavior, and that the perceived importance of data reuse corresponds to greater reuse.
Pre-print Open Access Site arXiv Surpasses Billion Download Mark
The pre-print database for scientists to test the peer-review waters was set up in 1991 as a relatively simple electronic bulletin board on a single computer. Twenty-six years later, the site arXiv.org has surpassed a full billion downloads of papers and receives more than 10 million submissions each month.
Is Reproducibility Really Central to Science?
The Neuroskeptic commentary on a new paper by Chris Drummond about the ‘reproducibility movement’. Assuming that what really matters is the testability of a given hypothesis, how fundamental is reproducibility to science?
Pharma Could Cut Its Losses with a Bit of Sharing
Efforts to engage life science companies in open innovation have been hampered by the industry’s continued reticence to share. The result is shrinking pipelines, a wave of drug patent expirations ending in sudden drops in revenue, and poorly served public health.
ReMediate Your Research: Taking Your Scholarship Public
Tips for grad students: the options for communicating your research beyond the dissertation or journal article are nearly endless and range from video games to comic books, but two of the easiest to work with are podcasts and infographics.
ETH Gender Strategy 2017 - 2020
Strategy for gender balance and equal opportunities for women and men at the ETH Domain.
What Does It Mean to Read the Literature, Really?
In a profession rewarding productivity in the form of papers and grants, sitting down to deeply read journal articles can feel like wasted time. Professor logs every paper she read over multiple years to gain insight on personal research practices.
Open Science Database
Based on Crossref Data (2014-2017) - 42,339 Journals - 12 Million Articles - 36 Million Citations.
The Public Disengagement With Science
The results of the latest public opinion survey undertaken by Research!America showed that 67% of respondents had a positive image of science and indeed thought that public policy should be based on the best science available.
What to Expect in 2018: Science in the New Year
Moon missions, ancient genomes and a publishing showdown are set to shape research.
Building Trust in Scientists One Selfie at a Time
PhD candidate Samantha Yammine is trying to break the stereotype that Scientists are cold, boring and out of touch with the hashtag #ScientistsWhoSelfie.
Why Scientists Need to Do More About Research Fraud
More than just an academic problem: on the repercussions of scienctific misconduct on the careers of honest and hard-working scientists.
Electronic Lab Notebooks - For Prospective Users
Information for researchers who are interested in adopting an Electronic Lab Notebook system for documenting research and managing data.
Re-run, Repeat, Reproduce, Reuse, Replicate: Transforming Code into Scientific Contributions
Re-run, Repeat, Reproduce, Reuse, Replicate: Transforming Code into Scientific Contributions
Article enumerating five characteristics that a scientific code in computational science should possess.
Open Research Glossary by the Right to Research Coalition
A glossary of open research terms to inform people about the culture of ‘open scholarship’.
Germany vs Elsevier: Universities Win Temporary Journal Access After Refusing to Pay Fees
Germany vs Elsevier: Universities Win Temporary Journal Access After Refusing to Pay Fees
Elsevier is allowing researchers in Germany to access its paywalled journals without a contract until a national agreement is hammered out.
China’s 'Long Arm'
Scholars and political leaders describe increasing concerns about Chinese government influence over teaching and research in the U.S. and Australia.
Rare Diseases, Precious Data: Global Platform Connects Researchers
Rare Diseases, Precious Data: Global Platform Connects Researchers
An EU-funded platform is helping to generate answers from known cases by enabling scientists to pool and compare genomic and clinical data.
Short-Termism in Science: Evidence from the UK Research Excellence Framework
Short-Termism in Science: Evidence from the UK Research Excellence Framework
Article documenting increases in research output quantity - accompanied by decreases in quality - near the time of government-set deadlines for university evaluations.
TagTeam :: Open Access Tracking Project (OATP)
News and comment from the worldwide movement for open access to research.
Productivity for Researchers: 9 Brilliant Tips
9 productivity tips and tricks for tackling to-do lists as a researcher.
PNAS Editor-in-Chief Placed on Leave
In a gender discrimination lawsuit against the Salk Institute, a female scientist alleges that biologist Inder Verma was dismissive of his female colleagues.
Why an Open Mind on Open Science Could Reshape Human Knowledge
There is a serious lack in sharing material/resources that are used to creating the building-blocks of a research experiment.
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