Practical Decentralization of Scholarly Data & Resources
It’s time for scholars to ask whether today’s data preservation technologies align with open scholarship’s values of access, preservation, privacy, and transparency.
Why the Term 'Article Processing Charge' (APC) Is Misleading
It is clear that APCs cover both the direct processing costs and the indirect costs of running the entire publishing business. Therefore, the term APC is itself misleading.
Decades-Old Graph Problem Yields to Amateur Mathematician
By making the first progress on the "chromatic number of the plane" problem in over 60 years, an anti-aging pundit has achieved mathematical immortality.
Military Work Threatens Science and Security
In an uncertain world, more governments are asking universities to help develop weapons. That’s a threat to the culture and conscience of researchers.
An Empirical Study of the per Capita Yield of Science Nobel Prizes: Is the US Era Coming to an End?
An Empirical Study of the per Capita Yield of Science Nobel Prizes: Is the US Era Coming to an End?
For the USA, the entire history of science Noble prizes is described on a per capita basis to an astonishing accuracy by a single large productivity boost decaying at a continuously accelerating rate since its peak in 1972.
YouTube Your Science
By making science readily available to any viewer, researchers can reach people who are interested in science but can’t read original manuscripts in a journal for whatever reason. If you don’t believe me, just ask my mum.
Obligation to Open Access: Academic Publishing of the Future?
How Open Access has been addressed in other countries, and how it can be implemented in Switzerland.
The Matthew Effect in Science Funding
Article suggesting that positive feedback in funding may be a key mechanism through which money is increasingly concentrated in the hands of a few extremely successful scholars, but also that the origins of emergent distinction in scientists' careers may be of an arbitrary nature. (The article is closed access and requires a subscription to view the full text legally.)
Scientists' Early Grant Success Fuels Further Funding
A new paper suggests that positive feedback in funding may be a key mechanism through which money is increasingly concentrated in the hands of a few extremely successful scholars, but also that the origins of emergent distinction in scientists' careers may be of an arbitrary nature.
Machine Learning Spots Treasure Trove of Elusive Viruses
Artificial intelligence could speed up metagenomic studies that look for species unknown to science.
Frankl - Open Science on the Blockchain
A blockchain platform and tokenised economy to promote, facilitate, and incentivise the practice of open science.
Advocating for Publishing Peer Review
Perspectives on the benefits of open peer review, and responding to concerns.
Making a home for the Physical Sciences and Engineering in PLOS ONE
PLOS ONE has created a Physical Sciences and Engineering team as part of a wider effort to better serve our communities through subject-specific in-house editorial groups.
E.P.A. Announces a New Rule. One Likely Effect: Less Science in Policymaking
The agency plans to publish a new regulation Tuesday that would restrict the kinds of scientific studies the agency can use when it develops policies.
"We're Negotiating Open Access"
The Swiss universities are negotiating with the world’s three largest scientific publishers for fair – in other words affordable – terms of access. Michael Hengartner, president of swissuniversities and UZH, explains the background.
Facebook Shuts the Gate After the Horse Has Bolted, and Hurts Real Research in the Process
Facebook Shuts the Gate After the Horse Has Bolted, and Hurts Real Research in the Process
Facebook has recently announced a substantial tightening of access restrictions to the APIs of Facebook, Instagram, and other platforms it owns. While these changes may generate some positive publicity for the company, they are likely to compound the real problem, further diminishing transparency and opportunities for independent oversight.
Stop Hiding Your Code
If you are a scientist, there are many compelling reasons to openly share your source code, from reproducibility to increasing impact.
What Happens When Science Just Disappears?
When one of the first online science journals went under, its papers all disappeared. Enter: Portico, the Wayback Machine for scholarly publications.
Peer Review: Correspondence by Relationship at the Royal Society
Discover enlightening reports about some of the most famous scientific papers, or read famous scientists considering the work of their peers.
Recommendation on Access to and Preservation of Scientific Information
Recommendation on Access to and Preservation of Scientific Information
Commission Recommendation of 25 April 2018 on access to and preservation of scientific information.
With €1.5 Billion for Artificial Intelligence Research, Europe Pins Hopes on Ethics
US Government Considers Charging for Popular Earth-Observing Data
Images from Landsat satellites and agricultural-survey programme are freely available to scientists - but for how long?
Famed Cancer Biologist Allegedly Sexually Harassed Women for Decades
As Inder Verma soared at Salk Institute, women say a parallel tale of unwelcome advances and comments unfolded.
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