How Freely Should Scientists Share Their Data?
How Freely Should Scientists Share Their Data?
The Open Science movement champions transparency, but how much and how quickly is a matter of dispute.
Predatory Publishers: The Journals That Churn out Fake Science
A Guardian investigation, in collaboration with German broadcaster Norddeutscher Rundfunk, reveals the open-access publishers who accept any article submitted for a fee.
Science, Research and Innovation Performance of the EU
"Science, research and innovation performance of the EU, 2018" (SRIP) analyses Europe’s performance dynamics in science, research and innovation and its drivers, in a global context.
How We Judge Research Outputs When Making Funding Decisions
Robert Kiley, Head of Open Research, and Jim Smith, Director of Science, discuss the steps Wellcome is taking to fulfil the principles of the San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment (DORA).
The Art of Crafting Conferences
The benefits and challenges of three approaches to scientific meetings.
DARPA Has an Ambitious USD1.5 Billion Plan to Reinvent Electronics
DARPA Has an Ambitious USD1.5 Billion Plan to Reinvent Electronics
The US military agency is worried the country could lose its edge in semiconductor chips with the end of Moore’s Law.
Boycott the Journal Rankings
Journal rankings are a rigged game. The blacklist of history of economic thought journals isn’t a fluke nor a conspiracy - it exposes how citation rankings really work.
Software Deposit: Guidance for Researchers
A set of complementary guides covering the main aspects of depositing software into digital repositories.
Reputation or Peer Review? the Role of Outliers
We present an agent-based model of paper publication and consumption that allows to study the effect of two different evaluation mechanisms, peer review and reputation, on the quality of the manuscripts accessed by a scientific community.
In the Era of Brexit and Fake News, Scientists Need to Embrace Social Media
In the Era of Brexit and Fake News, Scientists Need to Embrace Social Media
Social media can promote openness in research as international partnerships and collaborations are jeopardised, while increased adoption by scientists can also redress the balance that has shifted towards ill-evidenced news on some platforms.
How Unpaywall Is Transforming Open Science
Unpaywall has become indispensable to many academics, and tie-ins with established scientific search engines could broaden its reach.
Hundreds of Researchers From Top Universities Were Published in Fake Academic Journals
Hundreds of Researchers From Top Universities Were Published in Fake Academic Journals
How the World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology became a multimillion dollar organization promoting bullshit science through fake conferences and journals.
Despite Becoming Increasing Institutionalised, There Remains a Lack of Discourse About Research Metrics Among Much of Academia
Despite Becoming Increasing Institutionalised, There Remains a Lack of Discourse About Research Metrics Among Much of Academia
The active use of metrics in everyday research activities suggests academics have accepted them as standards of evaluation, that they are “thinking with indicators”. Yet when asked, many academics profess concern about the limitations of evaluative metrics and the extent of their use.
eLife Looking for a New Editor-In-Chief
eLife is conducting an open search for a new Editor-in-Chief to succeed Randy Schekman.
Science's Bullying Problem
When scientists reach mid-career, they suddenly have to manage people, something they have never done and never really been trained to do.
Harassment Charges: Injustice Done?
Colleagues urge UCI to acknowledge the possibility that its sanctions against Professor Ayala were enacted in haste and to reopen the case and investigate the matter more thoroughly.
Google Scholar, Web of Science, and Scopus: A Systematic Comparison of Citations in 252 Subject Categories
Doctoral Students at Germany’s Max Planck Society Say Recent Troubles Highlight Need for Change
Doctoral Students at Germany’s Max Planck Society Say Recent Troubles Highlight Need for Change
Physicist Jana Lasser of PhDnet discusses the group's new report.
Researcher at the Center of an Epic Fraud Remains an Enigma to Those Who Exposed Him
Researcher at the Center of an Epic Fraud Remains an Enigma to Those Who Exposed Him
After years of detective work, it's still unclear why a Japanese doctor faked dozens of clinical trials.
Top Geneticist Loses 3.5-Million GBP Grant in First Test of Landmark Bullying Policy
Top Geneticist Loses 3.5-Million GBP Grant in First Test of Landmark Bullying Policy
The Wellcome Trust pulled the grant from Nazneen Rahman, who worked at the Institute of Cancer Research in London.
Chief of Europe's 1-Billion EUR Brain Project Steps Down
Chris Ebell, who became director of the initiative in 2015, leaves after differences of opinion with the project’s lead institution.
How Many Wikipedia References Are Available to Read? We Measured the Proportion of Open Access Sources Across Languages and Topics
How Many Wikipedia References Are Available to Read? We Measured the Proportion of Open Access Sources Across Languages and Topics
When following a link to the official version of a scholarly article, Wikipedia readers are twice as likely to hit a paywall than one they can freely read.
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