Panel Calls for a Postdoc Tax and Other Measures to Help Biomedical Scientists Find Jobs
Panel Calls for a Postdoc Tax and Other Measures to Help Biomedical Scientists Find Jobs
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.
Guest Post: Challenges for Academics in the Global South - Resource Constraints, Institutional Issues, and Infrastructural Problems
Guest Post: Challenges for Academics in the Global South - Resource Constraints, Institutional Issues, and Infrastructural Problems
For social science and humanities researchers in many parts of the world there are significant barriers to conducting and sharing research, in some cases more so than for science and medicine. In this guest post, Dr. Naveen Minai provides a perspective as a gender studies researcher in Pakistan.
Can the Journal Impact Factor Be Used as a Criterion for the Selection of Junior Researchers?
Women Academics Seem to Be Submitting Fewer Papers During Coronavirus
Editors of academic journals have started noticing a trend: Women - who inevitably shoulder a greater share of family responsibilities - seem to be submitting fewer papers, while men are submitting up to 50 percent more than they usually would.
eLife Announces New Podcast to Highlight Stories of Researchers Across the Globe
eLife Announces New Podcast to Highlight Stories of Researchers Across the Globe
As part of its efforts to promote inclusiveness in research, eLife’s new Community Voices podcast provides a platform for scientists from diverse backgrounds to share their experiences.
Why it strengthens research?
[21]New analysis of interdisciplinary collaboration across the UK research landscape highlights important questions about how we organise, fund and assess research.
PLOS and the University of California Announce Open Access Publishing Agreement
PLOS and the University of California Announce Open Access Publishing Agreement
The Public Library of Science (PLOS) and the University of California (UC) announced a two-year agreement that will make it easier and more affordable for UC researchers to publish in the nonprofit open access publisher’s suite of journals.
Researchers Are Hatching a Low-Cost Coronavirus Vaccine
A new formulation entering clinical trials in Brazil, Mexico, Thailand and Vietnam could change how the world fights the pandemic.
We shouldn't keep quiet about how research grant money is really spent
The same organisations that make it difficult to get a grant can be ridiculously laid back about how their money is spent once they have signed it over.
Public should be at heart of 21st-century science
Enhancing trust in science through public engagement and open, transparent research is vital if we are to avoid descending into a 'post-factual society', according to Carlos Moedas, the European Commissioner for Research, Innovation and Science.
Swiss Researchers Struggle to Get Animal Experiments Approved
Scientists say that increasingly rigorous licensing procedures have complicated research efforts - and in some cases, stopped experiments completely.
Why Apprenticeships Are Science's Future
Practical experience and no student debt make vocational training an enticing career option
Can Auditing Scientific Research Help Fix Its Reproducibility Crisis?
New research predicts that audits would reduce the number of false positive results from 30.2 per 100 papers to 12.3 per 100.
A Survey of Researchers’ Needs and Priorities for Data Sharing
Problems with effective research data sharing persist and these problems have been quantified by previous research as a lack of time, resources, incentives, and/or skills to share data.
European Science Should Be a Bridge to China, Not a Wall
Just a few weeks into Donald Trump's return to power, the world is witnessing a narrow-minded and autocratic policy regime - one especially harmful to US science. But for Europe, the author believe it offers a window of opportunity for science and innovation.
Egyptian Researchers Rally Around Science Advocate
Ismail Serageldin, founding director of the Library of Alexandria, has appealed a 3.5-year prison term
Attempt to Replicate Major Social Scientific Findings of Past Decade Fails
Attempt to Replicate Major Social Scientific Findings of Past Decade Fails
Scientists and the design of experiments under scrutiny after a major project fails to reproduce results of high profile studies.
Swiss Researchers Turning to Crowdfunding
Thanks to crowdfunding, Swiss university students can build an airplane and solve an energy problem. But is this the best way to finance good science?
A Nobel Prize Winner Is Freeing Women Scientists from Household Chores
Science is a brutally competitive field. Long days in the lab are a given. Every hour of available time is an advantage, especially in the crucial early years of a postdoctoral career.
Why the Coronavirus Seems to Hit Men Harder Than Women
Women mount stronger immune responses to infection, scientists say. And in China, men smoke in much greater numbers.
The culture of scientific research
Online survey to explore the culture of research in the UK and its effect on ethical conduct in science and the quality of research.
Novel Processes and Metrics for a Scientific Evaluation
In this approach, the goal of a scientist is transformed from convincing an editorial board through a vertical process to convincing peers through an horizontal one.
Scientific Productivity: An Exploratory Study of Metrics and Incentives
Scientific Productivity: An Exploratory Study of Metrics and Incentives
Current bibliometric incentives discourage innovative studies and encourage scientists to shift their research to subjects already actively investigated.
Why International Collaboration on AI is Important to the UK
The UK's AI regulation diverges sharply from its allies, yet global collaboration remains key. Bilateral & multilateral efforts in AI governance bolster UK's foreign policy, trade, and innovation. Can it maintain leadership in shaping global AI norms?
Many Conservatives Have a Difficult Relationship with Science - We Wanted to Find out Why
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