'Big Rise' in Academics' Mental Ill Health
Academics are thronging to university counselling rooms to seek help for mental health problems and stress, a report suggests.
GM Fungus 'kills 99% of Malaria Mosquitoes'
A fungus has been genetically modified with spider venom to kill the mosquitoes that spread malaria.
COAlition S Releases Revised Implementation Guidance on Plan S Following Public Feedback Exercise
COAlition S Releases Revised Implementation Guidance on Plan S Following Public Feedback Exercise
Ambitious Open-Access Plan S Delayed to Let Research Community Adapt
Funders behind the policy revise rules after major consultation.
Fighting the Gender Stereotypes That Warp Biomedical Research
Female animals were once deemed too hormonal and messy for science. Some scientists warn it's not enough to just use more female lab rats.
Wellcome Updates Open Access Policy to Align with COAlition S
Following a large consultation, have updated our open access (OA) policy so it now aligns with Plan S. The changes will apply from 1 January 2021.
A Wave of Graduate Programs Drops the GRE Application Requirement
The standardized test normally required for graduate school entrance in the US is being dropped by an increasing number of science PhD programs, amid concerns about diversity and the test's predictive value.
2019 Big Deals Survey Report
The Second EUA Big Deals Survey Report is an updated mapping of major scholarly publishing contracts in Europe. Conducted in 2017-2018, the report gathers data from 31 consortia covering an unprecedented 167 contracts with five major publishers: Elsevier, Springer Nature, Taylor & Francis, Wiley and American Chemical Society.
White House Science Chief Leaves Door Ajar to Open Access Mandate
Asked by THE why taxpayers should not be able to immediately see the results of research they financed, Kelvin Droegemeier answered: 'They maybe should'
Plan S and the Transformation of Scholarly Communication: Are We Missing the Woods?
Plan S and the Transformation of Scholarly Communication: Are We Missing the Woods?
Plan S has injected a much-needed sense of urgency to the debate about transformation to full and immediate open access, but what are we missing in our focus on the minutiae of compliance?
Brexit 'may Bar UK Scientists from €100bn EU Research Fund'
Nobel prize winner warns UK science will suffer unless it can gain access to Horizon Europe
Chief Scientist Calls for Formal Action to Bake in Better Research Practices
"Our focus has to shift from quantity to quality…we must abandon the assumption that a passive apprenticeship system works" Dr Finkel calls for formal action in Nature journal to improve better research practices. Nature published an article by Dr Finkel on 19 February 2019 on how to move research from quantity to
The Open Research Library: Centralisation without Openness
Resolving the question of how to provide an infrastructure for open access books and monographs has remained a persistent problem for researchers, librarians and funders. The Open Research Library aims at bringing together all available open book content onto one platform, but has been met with mixed responses.
The Significant Difference in Impact
This paper analyses usage statistics, citation data and altmetrics from a university press publishing open access monographs. The data suggests, despite the small sample, that authors can to a greater extent influence how their book is discovered by the readership.
Hyphens in Paper Titles Harm Citation Counts and Journal Impact Factors
According to the latest research results, the presence of simple hyphens in the titles of academic papers adversely affects the citation statistics, regardless of the quality of the articles.
Negotiating with Scholarly Journal Publishers: A Toolkit
A North American framework for creating transformative change in the scholarly publishing industry based on initial insights from the University of California's 2018-19 negotiations with Elsevier.
Research Integrity is Much More Than Misconduct
All researchers should strive to improve the quality, relevance and reliability of their work.
Book Release: Science Policy Under Thatcher
Book Release: Science Policy Under Thatcher
Science Policy under Thatcher is the first book to examine systematically the interplay of science and government under Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher's leadership.
What the History of Copyright in Academic Publishing Tells Us About Open Research
What the History of Copyright in Academic Publishing Tells Us About Open Research
Science historian Aileen Fyfe explores how copyright has become intertwined with scholarly publishing.
Racial and Gender Biases Plague Postdoc Hiring
Changing the name on a CV affects how physics and biology faculty members view theoretical applicants, according to a new study.
Pfizer Had Clues Its Blockbuster Drug Could Prevent Alzheimer’s. Why Didn’t It Tell the World?
Pfizer Had Clues Its Blockbuster Drug Could Prevent Alzheimer’s. Why Didn’t It Tell the World?
A team of researchers inside Pfizer made a startling find in 2015: The company’s blockbuster rheumatoid arthritis therapy Enbrel, a powerful anti-inflammatory drug, appeared to reduce the risk of Alzheimer’s disease by 64 percent.
It's Time to Retire Statistical Significance
While statistical significance sends the so-called significant results into the literature, the results on the other side of the threshold often disappear into the “famous file drawer”.
Make Scientific Data FAIR
All disciplines should follow the geosciences and demand best practice for publishing and sharing data.
Theme of 2019 International Open Access Week To Be "Open for Whom? Equity in Open Knowledge"
Theme of 2019 International Open Access Week To Be "Open for Whom? Equity in Open Knowledge"
As the transition to a system for sharing knowledge that is open by default accelerates, the question “open for whom?” is essential—both to consider and to act upon.
PRESS RELEASE: Researchers Respond to Revised Guidance for Plan S
The European Council of Doctoral Candidates and Junior Researchers (Eurodoc), the Marie Curie Alumni Association (MCAA), and the Young Academy of Europe (YAE) jointly welcome the revised implementation guidance for Plan S.
COAlition S Appoints Jisc Expert to Accelerate Open Access
Neil Jacobs, Head of Open Science and research lifecycle at UK not-for-profit, Jisc, has been appointed as interim programme manager for cOAlition S.
Reproducibility Trial Publishes Two Conclusions for One Paper
The British Journal of Anaesthesia's unusual experiment is designed to broaden replicability efforts beyond just methods and results.
The Gold Rush: Why Open Access Will Boost Publisher Profits
Whilst a shift to gold (pay to publish) open access would deliver wider access to research, the lack of price sensitivity amongst academics presents a risk that they will be locked into a new escalating pay to publish system.
Globalisation, Localisation and Glocalisation of University-Business Research Cooperation: General Patterns and Trends in the UK University System
Globalisation, Localisation and Glocalisation of University-Business Research Cooperation: General Patterns and Trends in the UK University System
Exploratory study presenting a new systematic way of looking at ‘university-business interactions’ in the UK university system.
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