Although there has been a welcome increase in discussion about gender disparities in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM), broad participation of women from all backgrounds in academic STEM will not be achieved until institutions are transformed.
Open data sharing is critical for scientific progress. Yet, many authors refrain from sharing scientific data, even when they have promised to do so.
This post explores how scholarly publishing should relate to scholarly communication. Ostensibly aligned, publishing and communication have diverged. Some processes involved in scholarly publishing are getting in the way of optimal scholarly communication, as the present pandemic amply reveals.
Dutch push for a quantum leap in open access
Two-thirds of the world's rainforests have been wiped out or degraded, according to a 2020 analysis.
Reflecting on the plight of the early career scholar prompts Xenia Schmalz to draw up a research manifesto.
My campus survey shows a lack of female leadership in areas where women are underrepresented later in life.
In this study, a novelty indicator to quantify the degree of citation similarity between a focal paper and a pre-existing same-domain paper from various fields in the natural sciences is applied by proposing a new way of identifying papers that fall into the same domain of focal papers using bibliometric data only.
How many articles from predatory journals are being cited in the legitimate (especially medical) literature? Some disturbing findings.
100 top ranked specialties in the sciences and social sciences
Most plant life survived the nuclear disaster at Chernobyl - and they have a lack of legs to thank for it.
According to the latest data from the European University Association (EUA), only few higher education institutions have policies on research data management in place.
Dispute over Liverpool's use of metrics is best resolved through dialogue, says Stephen Curry.
Peer review is a thankless task, but journals have been experimenting with accolades and cash incentives for scientists who serve as peer reviewers.
The role of climate change (CC) contrarians is neglected in climate change communication studies. Here the authors used a data-driven approach to identify CC contrarians and CC scientists and found that CC scientists have much higher citation impact than those for contrarians but lower media visibility.
Evaluative strategies that increase the mean quality of published science may also increase the risk of rejecting unconventional or outstanding work.
A workshop run by DORA identified a number of ways to reduce bias in hiring and funding decisions.
The drastic shake-up of the country's science system is intended to boost innovation, but there are concerns about political interference in the new centralized agency.
Winning a grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) is hard, especially if it's your first one. New data from a pilot project called the Early Career Reviewer (ECR) Program suggest that sitting in judgment of other grant applicants can help young scientists improve their odds when they apply for their own grants.
F1000 is reducing the open access publishing charges for all articles containing an interactive Plotly figure by 50%.
The San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment (DORA) is delighted to announce the launch of Reformscape – a new online resource enabling the global academic community to explore and share examples of how to make hiring, promotion and tenure fairer, more robust and more diverse.
Many researchers are positive about the new, burgeoning science culture, but they still hesitate to enter into an open exchange of knowledge. There are many reasons why – such as a lack of knowledge about data management and the fear of intellectual property theft.
Pressure to publish short articles removes details, leaves readers confused.
More disciplines must embrace a system of academic credit that rewards a greater range of roles more specifically.
