Why I Think Ending Article-Processing Charges Will Save Open Access
Why I Think Ending Article-Processing Charges Will Save Open Access
The way that the global north pays for publishing hampers public, scholar-led efforts in Latin America.
So You Got a Null Result. Will Anyone Publish It?
Researchers have tried a bunch of strategies to get more negative results into the literature. Nature asks whether they are working.
Free to Collaborate with Cuban Biomedical Researchers
New rules also loosen restrictions on Cuban-made pharmaceuticals.
Why Has Submitting a Manuscript to a Journal Become So Difficult?
A call to simplify an overly complicated process
"Remove Paywalls on Scientific Publications!"
In response to the Covid-19 pandemic, swissuniversities, the Swiss National Science Foundation and the Consortium of Swiss Academic Libraries appeal to all publishing houses to make their publications freely accessible.
Senate Panel Backs Funding Ban on U.S. Researchers in Chinese Talent Programs
Senate Panel Backs Funding Ban on U.S. Researchers in Chinese Talent Programs
Provision in Endless Frontier Act would tighten U.S. oversight of foreign sources of funding.
'Despair': Argentinian Researchers Protest As President Begins Dismantling Science
'Despair': Argentinian Researchers Protest As President Begins Dismantling Science
Javier Milei's actions after taking office have research institutions facing shutdown.
Researchers Share $22m Breakthrough Prize as Science Gets Rock Star Treatment
"It’s really not a mathematician kind of thing, but I’ll probably survive." - C. Hacon
Sci-Hub: What It Is and Why It Matters
The controversies surrounding Sci-Hub touch on many hot-button topics in librarianship. This primer lays out multiple perspectives on the issues.
In Age of Alternative Facts, a College Course on Calling out Scientific Crap
Tired of alternative facts, two Seattle professors aim to strike a blow for science. Their weapon? A new course: “Calling Bullshit In the Age of Big Data.”
A Truly Reproducible Scientific Paper
Teach anyone how to create reproducible reports, with reusable environments, using technologies like Nix, LaTeX, and KnitR for languages like R, Python and JavaScript.
The Mental Health of PhD Researchers Demands Urgent Attention
The Mental Health of PhD Researchers Demands Urgent Attention
Anxiety and depression among graduate students seems to be on the rise. Systemic change is needed to halt an ongoing crisis.
Scientific Communication Failures Linked to Faster-Rising Seas
Scientists failed for decades to communicate the coming risks of rapid sea-level rise to policymakers and the public, a new study has found. That has created a climate catch-22 in which scientists …
Do men control the key student societies at university?
My campus survey shows a lack of female leadership in areas where women are underrepresented later in life.
The challenges for scientific publishing, 60 years on
On the democratization of science via the Internet and the dramatic change in the communication of data and in their interpretation.
More Evidence That Nutrition Studies Don’t Always Add Up
A Cornell food scientist’s downfall could reveal a bigger problem in nutrition research.
How Latin American Researchers Suffer in Science
It's time to tackle the cumulative barriers and biases faced by scientists who aren't from wealthy countries.
Are We Heading Towards Scientific Self-Censorship?
This article is part of a series of opinions Science|Business is publishing on the EU's strategic autonomy agenda, and its impact on global R&D. A complete report will be published and discussed at the annual Science|Business Network conference 7 February.
EPA Sets 'no Surprises' Science Policy, Reassigns Researchers
Staff expressed frustration with how the transfers are being handled and perceive them as yet another measure to traumatize the workforce.
Why one woman stole 47 million academic papers - and made them all free to read
How Sci-Hub breaks the paywall and how did academic journals get so expensive?
Open Academic Search
A working group aiming to advance scientific research and discovery, promote technology that assists the scientific and academic communities, and make research available worldwide for the good of all humanity.
We Can Protect the Economy From Pandemics. Why Didn't We?
A virologist helped crack an impossible problem: how to insure against the economic fallout from devastating viral outbreaks. The plan was ingenious. Yet we're still in this mess.
"Formal and Informal Networkedness Among German Academics": Exploring the Role of Conferences and Co-publications in Scientific Performance - Scientometrics
"Formal and Informal Networkedness Among German Academics": Exploring the Role of Conferences and Co-publications in Scientific Performance - Scientometrics
This paper develops a new indicator based on an academic's inferred co-presence at conferences. It finds that hierarchy and influence play a stronger role in determining a scientist's performance in the context of informal networks than they do when considering formal co-publication networks.
Report Reveals Potential of AI to Help Assess Research More Efficiently
Report Reveals Potential of AI to Help Assess Research More Efficiently
Generative AI is already being used by some universities to assess the quality of their research - and it could be scaled up to help all higher education institutions save huge amounts of time and money.
Why Policy Needs Philosophers as Much as it Needs Science
Philosophers could help policy makers to ask the right questions. But to give this practical help, academic philosophy must take lessons from open science.
Researchers Are Tracking Another Pandemic, Too-of Coronavirus Misinformation
Schools in the U.S. Should Continue to Use Masks, C.D.C. Advises.
The announcement sought to clarify the surprise recommendation that vaccinated people could largely stop wearing masks in most cases.
Researchers to take on publishers over new EU copyright laws
Intense lobbying by scientists and journal publishing companies between now and the autumn is expected.
How Articles Get Noticed and Advance the Scientific Conversation
The good news is you’ve published your manuscript! The bad news? With two million other new research articles likely to be published this year, you face steep competition for readers, downloads, citations and media attention.
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