Mental Health in Academia
How can the scientific community support researchers with mental health issues?
Research Organisations Call for More Funding for Marie Curie Actions
Thirteen organisations representing European research and innovation have come together to urge the Commission to increase the budget for the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA), the EU's doctoral and postdoctoral training programme.
Male Scientists Are Far More Likely to Be Referred to by Their Last Names, Impacting Status and Awards
Male Scientists Are Far More Likely to Be Referred to by Their Last Names, Impacting Status and Awards
The same gender disparity goes for politicians, athletes, and other high-profile figures
Africa’s Science Councils Are Joining Forces — Here’s Why
Twenty African grantmakers have formed a new alliance, bolstered by US$42 million.
Why we are teaching science wrong, and how to make it right
Active problem-solving confers a deeper understanding of science than does a standard lecture. But some university lecturers are reluctant to change tack.
Why I Don’t Sign (Most Of) My Reviews
Why I Don’t Sign (Most Of) My Reviews
A few months ago, Stephen Heard wrote a blog post that prompted us to have a brief twitter discussion on whether we sign our reviews.
NIH Institute Directors Stand Firm on Not Renewing Focused Firearm Research Program
More members of Congress ask agency why program lapsed.
Progressing Towards Transparency - More Journals Join Wiley's Transparent Peer Review Pilot
Progressing Towards Transparency - More Journals Join Wiley's Transparent Peer Review Pilot
Wiley claim they are committed to moving towards greater openness and reproducibility of research, including increasing transparency in peer review
Large-scale Comparison of Bibliographic Data Sources: Scopus, Web of Science, Dimensions, Crossref, and Microsoft Academic
Large-scale Comparison of Bibliographic Data Sources: Scopus, Web of Science, Dimensions, Crossref, and Microsoft Academic
We present a large-scale comparison of five multidisciplinary bibliographic data sources: Scopus, Web of Science, Dimensions, Crossref, and Microsoft Academic. The comparison considers scientific documents from the period 2008-2017 covered by these data sources. Scopus is compared in a pairwise manner with each of the other data sources. We first analyze differences between the data sources in the coverage of documents, focusing for instance on differences over time, differences per document type, and differences per discipline. We then study differences in the completeness and accuracy of citation links. Based on our analysis, we discuss strengths and weaknesses of the different data sources. We emphasize the importance of combining a comprehensive coverage of the scientific literature with a flexible set of filters for making selections of the literature.
The Problem with Scientific Credit
An algorithm makes highly precise predictions about who will win the Nobel Prize but disagrees with the committee on the 2008 prize winner.
Should academics be paid for peer review?
Should academics be paid for peer review?
As the number of papers needing review increases, journals are thinking of replacing a voluntary system with cash rewards
Conflicts of Interest in GM Bt Crop Efficacy and Durability Studies
An analysis focusing on the efficacy or durability of GM Bt crops and ties between the researchers carrying out these studies and the GM crop industry showing that ties between researchers and the GM crop industry were common, with 40% of the articles considered displaying conflicts of interest (COI).
Journals Retract More Than a Dozen Studies from China That May Have Used Executed Prisoners' Organs
Journals Retract More Than a Dozen Studies from China That May Have Used Executed Prisoners' Organs
In the past month, PLOS ONE and Transplantation have retracted fifteen studies by authors in China because of suspicions that the authors may have used organs from executed prisoners.
Self-Organised Scientific Crowds to Remedy Research Bureaucracy
In an era where research bureaucracy is the biggest burden bestowed upon scientists, some are seeking practical solutions.
Insights from Authors’ Editors Can Help Journal Editors Define and Refine Their Core Competencies
Insights from Authors’ Editors Can Help Journal Editors Define and Refine Their Core Competencies
Journal editors should be able to ensure that authors are given useful feedback on the language and writing in submitted manuscripts. Journal editors should be able to deal effectively with inappropriate text re-use and plagiarism.
Nature's Message to South Africa's Next Government: Talk to Your Researchers
Nature's Message to South Africa's Next Government: Talk to Your Researchers
The young nation faces some deep-rooted challenges. Solutions informed by science could make a difference.
Rare Diseases, Precious Data: Global Platform Connects Researchers
Rare Diseases, Precious Data: Global Platform Connects Researchers
An EU-funded platform is helping to generate answers from known cases by enabling scientists to pool and compare genomic and clinical data.
Canada's health funder agrees to meet with researchers outraged by peer-review changes
Figures - Create Publication Ready Scientific Figures
A beautiful new way to create and share research figures.
A TV Channel Dedicated to Science, EU Grants, More Collaboration with Partners in Africa - CNRS Boss Sets Big Plans for International Growth
A TV Channel Dedicated to Science, EU Grants, More Collaboration with Partners in Africa - CNRS Boss Sets Big Plans for International Growth
As he was re-confirmed on February 9 as head of France's biggest research organisation, Antoine Petit floated a few attention-getting ideas in parliament - such as the possibility of starting a television channel for science.
Science Thrives on Trust: Why Collaboration Is Our Greatest Strength
In a competitive academic world, building bridges instead of walls may be our most powerful tool to accelerate discovery and rebuild public trust in science.
Reproducing experiments is more complicated than it seems
A new way to measure whether an experimental result is really replicated.
Should Scientists Be Posting Their Work Online Before Peer Review?
Opinions are divided on whether the surge in popularity of pre-prints represent a field-wide disaster or the coming of a populist revolution.
European Big Science Has the Potential to Drive Social and Economic Transformation
European Big Science Has the Potential to Drive Social and Economic Transformation
Investment in Big Science projects, such as the Large Hadron Collider at CERN, are often seen as purely scientific ventures. A more co-ordinated approach to Big Science across the UK and European Union could produce significant benefits.
Ten simple rules for the care and feeding of scientific data
By Goodman A, Pepe A, Blocker AW, Borgman CL, Cranmer K, et al. (2014).
Many scientific studies you read about are hinged on the wrong metric
The problem with p-values.
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