The Subtle Ways Gender Gaps Persist in Science
Women do more of the day-to-day labor of science while men are credited with more of the big-picture thinking.
Researchers Can Now Publish Interactive Plotly Figures in F1000
F1000 is reducing the open access publishing charges for all articles containing an interactive Plotly figure by 50%.
Meet the Ebola Researchers Testing Drugs and Vaccines in a War Zone
Violence in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has interrupted clinical trials and forced scientists to change how they immunize people.
Inflated citations and metrics of journals discontinued from Scopus for publication concerns: the GhoS(t)copus Project
Inflated citations and metrics of journals discontinued from Scopus for publication concerns: the GhoS(t)copus Project
The citation count of journals discontinued for publication concerns increases despite discontinuation and predatory behaviors seemed common. This paradoxical trend can inflate scholars’ metrics prompting artificial career advancements, bonus systems and promotion. Countermeasures should be taken urgently to ensure the reliability of Scopus metrics both at the journal- and author-level for the purpose of scientific assessment of scholarly publishing.
Diamond Open Access, Societies and Mission
In this article Robert Harington assesses the Diamond open access model for society journal publishing.
Ten Work-life Balance Tips for Researchers Based at Home During the Pandemic
If you struggle with home working but are having to do it because of the coronavirus, Lucy Taylor has some advice.
The US is Quitting 66 Global Agencies: What Does It Mean for Science?
The US is Quitting 66 Global Agencies: What Does It Mean for Science?
The United States is leaving some of the world's oldest and most influential scientific networks involved in biodiversity research, climate science and conservation. Affected organizations tell Nature that their work continues.
Survey on challenges faced by young scientists
Weâre interested in hearing about the challenges faced by early-career scientists worldwide, especially if you've recently started your own lab, are struggling to maintain a lab, or have left research. We want to hear your stories. Your answers may feature in articles published by Nature's news team.
'Disruptive' Science More Likely from Teams Who Work in the Same Place
Analysis of millions of papers shows that farflung collaborators produce fewer big breakthroughs than groups working together in person.
Twenty-three questions on the lives of scientists
The website is called The Scientific 23 because each interviewee was asked 23 questions.
Publication bias is boring. You should care about it anyway.
You all know about publication bias, don't you? Sure you do. It's the tendency to publish research that has bold, affirmative results and ignore research that concludes there's nothing going on.
Dozens of Scientific Journals Have Vanished from the Internet, and No One Preserved Them
Dozens of Scientific Journals Have Vanished from the Internet, and No One Preserved Them
Most open access journals lack the technical means and plans to preserve their articles, despite a mandate from some funders that they do so. Specialists worry about a potential loss to scholarship.
The U.S. Government Launches a $100-Million "Apollo Project of the Brain"
Intelligence project aims to reverse-engineer the brain to find algorithms that allow computers to think more like humans.
Letting Researchers Choose Their Peer Reviewers Gets Another Shot
The open-access microbiology journal mSphere will give authors a "super-fast track" option toward publication. The idea has some ardent fans, but is also drawing doubts.
American Chemical Society Partners with Leading Societies to Support ChemRxiv
American Chemical Society Partners with Leading Societies to Support ChemRxiv
American Chemical Society: Chemistry for Life.
Referees Should Exercise Their Rights
Peer reviewers have the right to view the data and code that underlie a work if it would help in the evaluation, even if these have not been provided with the submission. Yet few referees exercise this right.
How the Coronavirus Infects Cells - and Why Delta is So Dangerous
Scientists are unpicking the life cycle of SARS-CoV-2 and how the virus uses tricks to evade detection.
Open Access and Preprints for Scholars and Journals
How can more scholars and journals embrace preprints to make research freely accessible? This slideshow co-created by Scholastica and Authorea addresses this question and more.
Why the Big Bang Produced Something Rather Than Nothing
How did matter gain the edge over antimatter in the early universe? Maybe, just maybe, neutrinos.
Why Are UK Universities Failing?
The higher education sector in the UK faces the prospect of a university going into administration. How have universities fallen so low and is change possible?
'My Collaborations Would See Me Jailed': Australian Researchers Fear Proposed New Laws
'My Collaborations Would See Me Jailed': Australian Researchers Fear Proposed New Laws
Scientists have reacted with alarm at a proposal by the Australian Department of Defence to control information sharing under which technology with potential military use would need authorization to be shared with non-Australian colleagues.
Does a journal of homeopathy belong in science?
A homeopathy journal was recently booted from the list of respectable scientific titles — but why was it among the ranks in the first place?
Communications Expert Advises How Science Should Respond to Fake News
The rise of fake news has dominated the world of politics recently, but fake news is not at all new in the world of science.
'Publish or perish' diminishing scientific returns
"The future of science (& humanity) isn't about funding, it's about supporting scientists to take risks once again."
Postdocs in Crisis: Science Cannot Risk Losing the Next Generation
Postdocs in Crisis: Science Cannot Risk Losing the Next Generation
The pandemic has worsened the plight of postdoctoral researchers. Funders need to be offering more than moral support.
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