The Gospel of ERC's New President: Super-Disciplinary Science
Mauro Ferrari says scientists should get rid of ‘disciplinary goggles’ and combine expertise to create new fields of scientific research.
Study: Male Students Ask for Grade Changes Far More Frequently Than Female Students
Popular Preprint Servers Face Closure Because of Money Troubles
Repositories like INA-Rxiv and IndiaRxiv boost regional science, but finding cash to run them is proving difficult.
Antarctic Temperature Rises Above 20C for First Time on Record
Scientists describe 20.75C logged at Seymour Island as 'incredible and abnormal'.
The Trouble with Anti-populism: Why the Champions of Civility Keep Losing
With rightwing demagogues gaining power and public debate getting nastier, many are calling for a return to a more sensible politics. But this approach has its own fatal flaws.
Market Economics Has Driven Universities into Crisis - and We're All Paying the Price
Market Economics Has Driven Universities into Crisis - and We're All Paying the Price
When staff go on strike in the UK this month, they will be battling not just for the future of higher education but for our economy and culture, says Guardian columnist Owen Jones.
Key Points from The UKRI Open Access Review Consultation Document
These are Martin Paul Eve's notes on The UKRI Open Access Review Consultation Document.
Do Not Violate the International Health Regulations During the COVID-19 Outbreak
Do Not Violate the International Health Regulations During the COVID-19 Outbreak
In imposing travel restrictions against China during the current outbreak of the 2019 novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19), many countries are violating the International Health Regulations.
Comparing Meta-analyses and Preregistered Multiple-laboratory Replication Projects
Comparing Meta-analyses and Preregistered Multiple-laboratory Replication Projects
Kvarven, Strømland and Johannesson compare meta-analyses to multiple-laboratory replication projects and find that meta-analyses overestimate effect sizes by a factor of almost three. Commonly used methods of adjusting for publication bias do not substantively improve results.
Academic Publishing Must Better Serve Science and Society
Reversing the relationship between authors and publishers would ease perverse incentives that impede progress, say Hilal Lashuel and Benjamin Stecher
Humanities Scholars Warn over UKRI's Plan for Open-access Books
Proposals to mandate open access monographs from 2024 will make it harder to publish and will limit career chances, says professor
Researchers Call on EU Institutions to Ensure Free Circulation of Scientific Knowledge
Researchers Call on EU Institutions to Ensure Free Circulation of Scientific Knowledge
A joint statement calling on EU institutions to ensure the right of researchers to share their research findings without embargoes or restrictions has today been issued by the Young Academy of Europe and other organisations representing early-career and senior researchers in Europe and beyond.
Macron: 'We Are Not Fast Enough in Investing in the Future'
Emmanuel Macron has urged EU member states to put more money into the collective Brussels pot so Europe can invest in key technologies of the future. The French president said he is "not frustrated but impatient" for the EU to take on bigger projects.
Physicist Writes 900 Wikipedia Entries to Boost Diversity in Science
A physicist from Imperial College London is on a mission to bust what she calls the "big misconception" about scientists. Dr Jess Wade started to create and edit Wikipedia pages at the beginning of 2018 to "better represent women and people of colour" on the online encyclopedia. She's now amassed a portfolio of more than 900 new pages but says the project is about more than the numbers. Speaking to ITV News on International Day of Women and Girls in Science, Dr Wade said: "Something magical can happen if you stumble across a profile that looks a bit like you. "You realise you could be like that too".
Infographic: How to Use Open Access Repositories
Self-archiving is a key aspect of Open Access. Read the infographic to learn more about OA repositories
They Wanted Research Funding, So They Entered the Lottery
A survey of New Zealand scientists found that recipients of a randomized funding program favored random allocations of some kinds of grant money.
The Research Literature Looks Too Good to Be True
Standard reports paint a much rosier picture of the research landscape than may be warranted. In this analysis, the first hypothesis of standard articles reported was supported by the data 96% of the time, while that rate was only 44% in registered reports.
EPA Can't Kick Scientists Off Science Advisory Panels, Court Says
In a victory for science and public health, a federal court determined that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency cannot exclude scientists who have received EPA research grants - who happen to be mainly academic scientists from research universities - from serving on its advisory panels.
Researchers Call on EU Institutions to Ensure Free Circulation of Scientific Knowledge
Researchers Call on EU Institutions to Ensure Free Circulation of Scientific Knowledge
Scientists call on the EU to inshrine a legal right for researchers to share their research findings without restrictions.
Plan S Does the Wrong Things to the Wrong People
UKRI and other funders must prevent good intentions on open access from undermining good science, says Lee Cronin.
I Don't Miss Being A Scientist, Except When I Do
Science was a place I ultimately left, not so much because I wanted to, but because I had to.
Your DNA is a Valuable Asset, So Why Give It to Ancestry Websites for Free? | Laura Spinney
Your DNA is a Valuable Asset, So Why Give It to Ancestry Websites for Free? | Laura Spinney
DNA testing companies are starting to profit from selling our data on to big pharma. Perhaps they should be paying us, says science writer Laura Spinney.
Understanding the Key Dimensions in Developing SSH Research Societal Impact
Understanding the Key Dimensions in Developing SSH Research Societal Impact
Impact is increasingly important for science policy-makers. Science policy studies have reacted to this heightened urgency by studying these policy-interventions.
Normal Versus Extraordinary Societal Impact: How to Understand, Evaluate, and Improve Research Activities in Their Relations to Society?
Normal Versus Extraordinary Societal Impact: How to Understand, Evaluate, and Improve Research Activities in Their Relations to Society?
How can science–society relations be better understood, evaluated, and improved by focusing on the organizations that typically interact in a specific domain of research.
Metrics of Inequality: The Concentration of Resources in the U.S. Biomedical Elite
Metrics of Inequality: The Concentration of Resources in the U.S. Biomedical Elite
Academic scientists and research institutes are increasingly being evaluated using digital metrics, from bibliometrics to patent counts. These metrics are often framed, by science policy analysts, economists of science as well as funding agencies, as objective and universal proxies for scientific worth, potential, and productivity.
Stagnation and Scientific Incentives
This paper presents a simple model of the lifecycle of scientific ideas that points to changes in scientist incentives as the cause of scientific stagnation. It explores ways to broaden how scientific productivity is measured and rewarded, involving both academic search engines such as Google Scholar measuring which contributions explore newer ideas and university administrators and funding agencies utilizing these new metrics in research evaluation.
Racial Microaggressions In Science
What are racial microaggressions and how do they appear within science communities?
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