Whilst some scientists study insects, molecules, brains, or clouds, other scientists study science itself. Meta-research, or “research-on-research”, is a burgeoning discipline that investigates efficiency, quality, and bias in the scientific ecosystem.
Hundreds of thousands protest against ‘culture of sexism in everday life’.
Fake publications are corrupting the world of research- and influencing real news.
A new Research England funded project is set to help universities, researchers, libraries and publishers to make more, and better, use of open access book publishing.
The Open Library of Humanities has demonstrated a model for high-quality open access publishing, without Article Processing Charges. We asked Chief Executive Officer Martin Eve whether the Library could serve as inspiration for Learned Societies in a post-Plan S world.
Why colleges and universities that claim to take teaching seriously need a comprehensive and fair system of evaluating it.
The history of science has often seen women's work overlooked and their credit stolen.
Chefs verordnen gerne agile Arbeitstechniken. Eine Analyse zeigt, dass sie diese aber selbst nie anwenden würden.
The NIH and the FBI are targeting ethnic Chinese scientists, including U.S. citizens, searching for a cancer cure. Here's the first account of what happened to Xifeng Wu.
How a simple nudge can improve health and nutrition reporting. The Twitter account retweets science articles, adding “IN MICE.”
Francis Collins pledged to decline to speak at conferences that do not include enough women in prominent speaking roles.
CERN has launched an ambitious drive towards open source software after Microsoft revoked its academic discount and introduced a new contract which was set to lead to a tenfold increase in licensing costs.
We are scientists from various disciplines and we will go on strike on 14 June 2019. Women* are systematically underrepresented to a great degree at Swiss higher education institutions.
Research teams traversing partially melted fjord to retrieve weather equipment release startling picture.
A couple of years ago, psychologist Susan Fiske launched a broadside against science bloggers - since taken offline - packed with name-calling.
Stress and long working hours are regrettably common among early-career researchers, reveals a survey by the group the Young Academy of Europe.
Blog for the Journal of Open Source Software.
Recently retired, this professor emeritus reflects on how she challenged students to think beyond facts.
Researchers can see at a glance the rules they’ll need to follow if they submit to a particular journal.
Weakened permafrost in Canadian Arctic a further sign that global climate crisis accelerating faster than scientists had feared.
Open access publishing still profits publishers, with little added value for researchers.
Als Michael Hengartner, Präsident swissuniversities und Rektor der Universität Zürich an der Open Access Konferenz Schweiz 2018 gefragt wurde, ob er im Sinne von Open Access auch die kommenden Vert…
The prices for open access publishing are high and are rising well beyond inflation. What has been missing from the public discussion so far is a quantitative approach to determine the actual costs of efficiently publishing a scholarly article using state-of-the-art technologies, such that informed decisions can be made as to appropriate price levels.
At Elsevier's International Center for the Study of Research, experts will examine research using metrics and other qualitative and quantitative methods.
Sluggish economy and unemployment could explain French pessimism about science's job-boosting power.
The world's largest study into how people around the world think and feel about science and major health challenges.
Will authors exercise their market power to put downward pressure on article processing charges?
Study finds high Journal Impact Factor (JIF) volatilities for hundreds of journals annually due to their top-cited paper.
