Overwork Killed More Than 745,000 People In A Year, WHO Study Finds
Working long hours poses an occupational health risk that kills hundreds of thousands of people each year, the World Health Organization says.
Science Without Open Data Isn't Science
Science Without Open Data Isn't Science
Without open data, a scientific paper is little more than a statement that, in the author’s opinion, some evidence supports a certain set of claims.
How to Bring Prestige to Open Access - and Make Science More Reliable
By creating journals that put a premium on replicability, grant-funding agencies can revolutionize the publishing landscape.
What Should the Next President Do to Restore Science to Decisionmaking?
The new report, Presidential Recommendations for 2020: A Blueprint for Defending Science and Protecting the Public, outlines a suite of recommendations that the next president can take to protect the health and safety of the public through restoring science to government decisionmaking processes. The report focuses on strengthening three major principles underlying science-based decisionmaking: independence, transparency, and free speech.
The Rise of Citational Justice: How Scholars Are Making References Fairer
Research Networks ‘More Important’ for Female Scientists
Study finds a stronger correlation for women between success and being central to a network
Although Hard to Define, Narrative CVs Are Changing How We Think About Researcher Assessment
Although Hard to Define, Narrative CVs Are Changing How We Think About Researcher Assessment
Narrative academic CVs present a means to bypass aspects of a research evaluation culture that is focused on the volume and venue of publications. Drawing on work promoting this format, researchers show how these texts more often foreground the problems they are meant to address, than how the format works in practice.
Crack down on scientific fraudsters
According to a study published last year, “most investigators who engage in wrongdoing, even serious wrongdoing, continue to conduct research at their institutions.”
Economic Crisis in Argentina Could Trigger Scientific Collapse
Science ministry is eliminated in Argentina while budget cuts and inflation hamper labs’ daily operations.
The Science Behind Women Leaders' Success In Fighting Covid-19
The Science Behind Women Leaders' Success In Fighting Covid-19
Women leaders around the world have had considerably more success in slowing the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic, and two economists based in the United Kingdom can now explain why.
Science Could Solve Some of the World's Biggest Problems. Why Aren't Governments Using It?
Should Academic Misconduct Be Catalogued? Proposed US Database Sparks Debate
Should Academic Misconduct Be Catalogued? Proposed US Database Sparks Debate
Repository would require US universities to register research fraud and workplace harassment.
Ditching 'Anthropocene': Why Ecologists Say the Term Still Matters
Beyond stratigraphic definitions, the name has broader significance for understanding humans' place on Earth.
China Accounts for More Than Half of Leading Output in the Applied Sciences
China Accounts for More Than Half of Leading Output in the Applied Sciences
The first Nature Index table on the field shows how research in the East is focused on industrial strategy.
Should systematic reviewers report suspected misconduct?
Authors of systematic review articles sometimes overlook misconduct and conflicts of interest present in the research they are analyzing, according to a recent study published in BMJ Open.
India's Chief Science Adviser: Cost of Academic Publishing is 'untenable'
India's annual multi-million-euro outlay on scientific publishing is a bad deal for the country, says Krishnaswamy VijayRaghavan, principal scientific adviser to the government.
Japanese Research is No Longer World Class - Here's Why
Japan’s contribution to world-class research continues to decline, despite having one of the world’s largest research communities, according to a report by the Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology.
How Science Transformed the World in 100 Years
We need to be more concerned than ever about how society uses scientific discoveries, says Venki Ramakrishnan, President of the Royal Society UK.
Changing Demographics of Scientific Careers: The Rise of the Temporary Workforce
Contemporary science has been characterized by an exponential growth in publications and a rise of team science. At the same time, there has been an increase in the number of awarded PhD degrees, which has not been accompanied by a similar expansion in the number of academic positions.
Survey of academic field experiences (SAFE): trainees report harassment and assault
Survey of academic field experiences (SAFE): trainees report harassment and assault
Young researchers, especially women, are more likely to be sexually harassed or assaulted when they are doing fieldwork than in the office.
Why Antibody Tests Won't Help You Much
Most antibody tests are useful only for large population surveys, diagnosis in certain children or when initial diagnostic testing fails, according to an expert panel.
‘Horrified’: Researchers Respond to Marsden Fund Changes
Humanities and social science defunding sparks outrage in New Zealand.
Locking Science Open with Decentralized Scientific Archives
In a decentralized architecture, anyone has the ability to download and re-host data without changing it's permanent identifier.
Institutional Research Misconduct Reports Need More Credibility
On the inadequacy and lack of transparency of most research institutions’ responses to allegations of research misconduct.
Administrators Who Say They Support Diversity and Inclusion Aren't Reaching out Enough to Black Colleagues Now
Administrators Who Say They Support Diversity and Inclusion Aren't Reaching out Enough to Black Colleagues Now
Why aren't more administrators who say they support diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives reaching out to their black colleagues now?
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