Investment in Big Science projects, such as the Large Hadron Collider at CERN, are often seen as purely scientific ventures. A more co-ordinated approach to Big Science across the UK and European Union could produce significant benefits.
Researchers uncovered evidence of women scientists working in the field of infectious diseases being disadvantaged in crucial funding allocations for more than a decade in the UK.
Interview with Alexandra Elbakyan, creator of the site Sci-Hub.
Environmental sustainability provides a clear route to prosperity and well-being, and people in power need to take notice.
Studies of social networks show that opposition to vaccines is small but far-reaching - and growing.
Hundreds of scientists said the research community isn’t yet ready to release data on a relatively quick turnaround.
Member states are set to adopt a position backing research assessment reform in Europe - but they'll stress that any reforms must take into account the diversity of research systems in the EU, according to a draft document seen by Science|Business. Research ministers will meet in Luxembourg on Friday to sign off Council conclusions for research assessment reform in Europe, alongside conclusions on open science, international cooperation and Horizon Europe missions.
Open science is becoming more and more prevalent. Critics, however, think this approach makes it easier to steal somebody else’s ideas.
Authors from western, individualist cultures are more likely to use many self-citations than authors from more collectivist cultures.
In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, science is crucial to inform public policy. At the same time, mistrust of scientists and misinformation about scientific facts are rampant. Six scientists, actively involved in outreach, reflect on how to build a better understanding and trust of science.
A contest with $300,000 in prize money aims to improve molecular assays needed to test aging treatments.
Think tanks are seen as independent, but their scholars often push donors’ agendas, amplifying a culture of corporate influence in Washington.
Nature Plants explains how it handled a manuscript coauthored by Patrice Dunoyer, a biologist with multiple retractions to his name.
By limiting how long postdocs can be federally funded and by making it more expensive to keep them designated as trainees, research institutions will have an incentive to employ more permanent staff scientists, providing a much-needed additional career option for young scientist.
Whilst metrics may capture some partial dimensions of research ‘impact’, they cannot be used as any kind of proxy for measuring research ‘quality’.
Reports of China’s rising scientific dominance over the US and West should be taken with a big grain of salt.
New research predicts that audits would reduce the number of false positive results from 30.2 per 100 papers to 12.3 per 100.
The history of the scientific enterprise demonstrates that it has supported gender, identity, and racial inequity. To reverse this situation, the scientific community must reexamine its values and then collectively embark upon a moonshot-level new agenda for equity.
Observers are skeptical goal can be achieved
Current bibliometric incentives discourage innovative studies and encourage scientists to shift their research to subjects already actively investigated.
Authorea, a new collaborative tool, could revolutionize scientific authorship
23 New Grants Support Essential Open Source Tools in Biomedicine.
It remains unclear how tropical cyclones (TCs) decay from their ocean lifetime maximum intensity (LMI) to landfall intensity (LI), yet this stage is of fundamental importance governing the socio-economic impact of TCs.
The controversies surrounding Sci-Hub touch on many hot-button topics in librarianship. This primer lays out multiple perspectives on the issues.
Under the pressure of a global health crisis, the argument for open access has sunk in. Is this the catalyst that breaks up the bonds of an old publishing model once and for all?
Richard de Grijs comes to grips with his field's use of potentially offensive language.
