The Mental Health of PhD Researchers Demands Urgent Attention
The Mental Health of PhD Researchers Demands Urgent Attention
Anxiety and depression among graduate students seems to be on the rise. Systemic change is needed to halt an ongoing crisis.
PhDs: the Tortuous Truth
Nature's survey of more than 6,000 graduate students reveals the turbulent nature of doctoral research. The mental health of PhD researchers demands urgent attention.
How to Set Boundaries That Support Your Personal Life and Career
Tamara Yakaboski describes ways you can set boundaries that support your personal life and professional needs.
Why NIH is Beefing Up Its Data Sharing Rules After 16 Years
Draft update to 2003 policy of the National Institute of Health will require that all grantees make data sets freely available.
Can Geowalling Save Open Access?
Geowalling open content is proposed yet again. As a thought experiment, it is explored what Plan S principles would be compromised by this tactic.
Academia in Uproar over 'planned €12bn Cut' to EU R&D
Member states' reported plans for Horizon Europe branded 'completely unacceptable' and potentially 'disastrous'.
Graduate Students Protest Trump Labor Board's Proposal to Exempt Them from Definition of "Employee"
Graduate Students Protest Trump Labor Board's Proposal to Exempt Them from Definition of "Employee"
Graduate students said their schools would have no reason to bargain with them over wages, health care and other compensation items if they aren't considered employees under the National Labor Relations Act.
Why Scientists Need to Be Better at Data Visualization
Why Scientists Need to Be Better at Data Visualization
The scientific literature is riddled with bad charts and graphs, leading to misunderstanding and worse. Avoiding design missteps can improve understanding of research.
Early Coauthorship with Top Scientists Predicts Success in Academic Careers
Early Coauthorship with Top Scientists Predicts Success in Academic Careers
By examining publication records of scientists from four disciplines, the authors show that coauthoring a paper with a top-cited scientist early in one's career predicts lasting increases in career success, especially for researchers affiliated with less prestigious institutions.
Women Say Discrimination Is a Huge Part of Why So Few Stay in STEM Careers
"No matter how much I did or how good my work was, it was never going to be enough."
Mapping the Publishing Challenges for an Open Access University Press
Mapping the Publishing Challenges for an Open Access University Press
Managing a New University Press (NUP) is often a one-person operation and, with limits on time and resources, efficiency and effectiveness are key to having a successful production process and providing a high level of author, editor and reader services. This article looks at the challenges faced by open access (OA) university presses throughout the publishing journey and considers ways in which these challenges can be addressed. In particular, the article focuses on six key stages throughout the lifecycle of an open access publication: commissioning; review; production; discoverability; marketing; analytics. Approached from the point of view of the University of Huddersfield Press, this article also draws on discussions and experiences of other NUPs from community-led forums and events. By highlighting the issues faced, and the potential solutions to them, this research recognises the need for a tailored and formalised production workflow within NUPs and also provides guidance how to begin implementing possible solutions.
Statistical Significance Gives Bias a Free Pass
Whether or not "the foundations and the practice of statistics are in turmoil",1 it is wise to question methods whose misuse has been lamented for over a century.
Horizon 2020 Final Report on Research Integrity
The Mutual Learning Exercise (MLE) on Research Integrity, which forms the basis of this report, was carried out between July 2018 and June 2019 by a dedicated Policy Support Facility (PSF) panel consisting of four independent experts and twelve countries.
Quality over Quantity: How the Dutch Research Council is Giving Researchers the Opportunity to Showcase Diverse Types of Talent
Quality over Quantity: How the Dutch Research Council is Giving Researchers the Opportunity to Showcase Diverse Types of Talent
The Dutch Research Council (NWO) is piloting a narrative CV format in the Veni scheme, its major funding instrument for early career researchers. The format advances showcasing diverse types of talent and encourages assessment of quality rather than quantity.
Chair and Fellowships in Academic Research Quality and Improvement created at University of Bristol
Webinar: Getting Up to Speed on Repository Discovery Services
Having trouble keeping track of the increasing number of discovery services? Want to learn more about how they work, who are their main users, and how to ensure your repository content is visible in these services? You are invited to participate in a webinar that will feature three of these discovery services.
Open Science, Open Data and Open Scholarship: European Policies to Make Science Fit for the 21st Century
Open Science, Open Data and Open Scholarship: European Policies to Make Science Fit for the 21st Century
Open science will make science more efficient, reliable and responsive to societal challenges. The European Commission has sought to advance Open Science policy from its inception in a holistic and integrated way, covering all aspects of the research cycle from scientific discovery and review to sharing knowledge, publishing and outreach.
Why Science Failed to Stop Climate Change
Scientists working on the issue have often said that, once upon a time, they assumed, if they did their jobs, politicians would act upon the information. That, of course, hasn’t happened.
The Value of Preregistration for Psychological Science: A Conceptual Analysis
The Value of Preregistration for Psychological Science: A Conceptual Analysis
The question whether the practice of preregistration is valuable depends on your philosophy of science. Daniel Lakens provides a conceptual analysis of the value of preregistration for psychological science from an error statistical philosophy.
Highly Cited Researchers in Web of Science
Recognizing the world's most influential researchers of the past decade, demonstrated by the production of multiple highly-cited papers that rank in the top 1% by citations for field and year in Web of Science.
Dutch Universities and Research Funders Move Away from the Impact Factor
Dutch Universities and Research Funders Move Away from the Impact Factor
In a collaborative effort Dutch institutes and funders start development of new system of recognition and rewards.
Foreign Interference Fears Prompt Guidelines for Australian Universities
Foreign Interference Fears Prompt Guidelines for Australian Universities
The move comes amid concerns over China's influence on Australian campuses, and after major cybersecurity breaches at one institution.
Science Funders Gamble on Grant Lotteries
A growing number of research agencies are assigning money randomly. The Swiss National Science Foundation is the latest funder to experiment with random selection.
Scientists Are Just Beginning to Understand Mysterious DNA Circles Common in Cancer Cells
Reproductions of Public Domain Works Should Remain in the Public Domain - Creative Commons
Reproductions of Public Domain Works Should Remain in the Public Domain - Creative Commons
If the work is in the public domain, no copyright licenses should be applied and in the case of CC licenses which are designed to only operate where copyright exists, the application of a CC license is ineffective.
A Message for Mentors from Dissatisfied Graduate Students
A Message for Mentors from Dissatisfied Graduate Students
In this second article to mark Nature's 2019 graduate survey, respondents call for more one-to-one support and better career guidance.
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