Why Science Needs the Humanities More Than Ever
From AI to biotechnology, today’s scientific breakthroughs raise ethical and social challenges that technical expertise alone cannot solve.
New Report Says Individual Research Results Should Be Shared With Participants More Often
New Report Says Individual Research Results Should Be Shared With Participants More Often
When conducting research involving the testing of human biospecimens, investigators and their institutions should routinely consider whether and how to return individual research results on a study-specific basis through an informed decision-making process, says a new report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine.
Transnational Mobility Networks and Academic Social Capital Among Early‐Career Academics: Beyond Common‐Sense Assumptions
Transnational Mobility Networks and Academic Social Capital Among Early‐Career Academics: Beyond Common‐Sense Assumptions
This study examines the composition of academics’ networks at different points in their career and discuss the role of transnational ties within them.
The Chaos of NIH Cuts Has Left Early-Career Scientists Scrambling
The Chaos of NIH Cuts Has Left Early-Career Scientists Scrambling
As graduate programs lose spots and labs face shutdowns following Trump administration cuts to science funding, students and researchers are left to figure out what's next.
Researchers Engaging with Policy Should Take into Account Policymakers' Varied Perceptions of Evidence
Researchers Engaging with Policy Should Take into Account Policymakers' Varied Perceptions of Evidence
This post highlights four different approaches to evidence in policymaking and suggest how researchers and policy organisations might use these findings to engage differently with policy
Banning Preprints from Grant Applications Penalises Researchers for Being Up-to-date
Banning Preprints from Grant Applications Penalises Researchers for Being Up-to-date
A sudden rule change by the Australian Research Council-to ban grant applications that cite preprint material-has deemed 32 early and mid-career researchers ineligible to receive critical funding.
Scientific Merit, Not Political Priorities, Should Guide Research Stewardship
Not What You Know, but Whom You Know? Study of ERC Stirs Old Scientific Controversy
Not What You Know, but Whom You Know? Study of ERC Stirs Old Scientific Controversy
A new study of grants awarded to early-career researchers by Europe's premier science agency is reviving an old controversy over the way governments decide which scientists get research money, and which do not.
SSP's Early Career Development Podcast: Open Access
Meredith Adinolfi (Cell Press) and Ann Michael (DeltaThink) discuss some of the more complex aspects of the OA landscape, such as funder mandates, Plan S, and transformative agreements.
Why Do Some People Who Trust in Science Also Believe in Scientific Conspiracy Theories?
Why Do Some People Who Trust in Science Also Believe in Scientific Conspiracy Theories?
Trust in science seems compatible with believing almost anything, so long as it is expressed in plausibly scientific terms.
How can non-scientists influence the course of scientific research?
Science communication should be more than the dissemination of results to the public; it should also flow in the other direction, with members of the public able to communicate their priorities to scientists and those who fund them. But how?
Elsewhere in Science: Funding concerns, a scientific memoir, and more
Financial conflicts of interest … Concerns about a people-based funding program … NextGen VOICES … A scientific memoir … Working Life
Why publishing everything is more effective than selective publishing of statistically significant results
Why publishing everything is more effective than selective publishing of statistically significant results
Publishing everything is more effective than only reporting significant outcomes.
Research Deluge - Are Researchers Writing More yet Contributing Less?
Research Deluge - Are Researchers Writing More yet Contributing Less?
Sneha Kulkarni from Editage takes a look at the ever-increasing global scientific output, and asks questions about quantity versus quality.
Researchers Should Reach Beyond the Science Bubble
Scientists ought to address the needs and employment prospects of taxpayers who have seen little benefit from scientific advances.
More and more attention and funding
Researchers working at the interface of disciplines can pursue insights without sacrificing career progress.
Why This Robot Ethicist Trusts Technology More Than Humans
MIT’s Kate Darling, who writes the rules of human-robot interaction, says an AI-enabled apocalypse should be the least of our concerns.
Meta-Research: Why Research on Research Matters
Given that science is the key driver of human progress, improving the efficiency of scientific investigation and yielding more credible and more useful research results can translate to major benefits.
Researchers Debate Whether Journals Should Publish Signed Peer Reviews
HHMI meeting examines ways to improve manuscript vetting: little consensus on whether reviewers should have to publicly sign their critiques, which traditionally are accessible only to editors and authors.
We need more scientific mavericks
We need more scientific mavericks
Scientific mavericks once played an essential role in research. We must relearn how to support them and provide new options for an unforeseeable future.
Why data sharing should be the expected norm
The Institute of Medicine takes a step in the right direction but we should move even faster.
Science Has More Impact When Researchers Travel, Collaborate
If nations and their research institutions are to produce more impactful science, they need to encourage scientists to travel, collaborate and work across borders.
Publish or Perish Thwarts Young Researchers’ Urge to Innovate
An unbending reward system prevents early-career researchers taking full advantage of the digital world.
More Female Researchers Globally, But Challenges Remain
Despite progress, female researchers remain a minority and publish fewer papers.
Peer Review Needs To Be More Transparent If We Want Better Science
How should the scientific publication process be rethought to be more meritocratic?
Read What You Are Looking For! ScienceOpen Integrates More Open Access Data
Read What You Are Looking For! ScienceOpen Integrates More Open Access Data
One of the biggest challenges for researchers is time. So when you find an abstract of interest and have just a moment to actually read, you need the full text right now. With our newest release, the ScienceOpen discovery environment incorporates open access data from Impactstory to provide researchers with more ways to read the …
These Are the Best Ways to Improve the Scientific Publication Process
How should the scientific publication process be rethought to be more meritocratic?
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