The different options to achieve open access, whether by journals changing their revenue structures from subscription to publishing charges, or authors utilizing a number of options for posting open access versions of article manuscripts in repositories.
One of scientists’ favourite statistics — the P value — should face tougher standards, say leading researchers.
Though there are currently no mechanisms in place to quickly identify findings that are unlikely to replicate, this paper shows that prediction markets are well suited to bridge this gap.
Efforts to increase diversity in research assessment panels don’t cut it.
Interview with Mark Hahnel , founder of the data sharing platform [26]Figshare and keynote speaker on "Open Science" at [27]ScienceComm'15.
A review found them all flawed. Scientists who deny climate change are not modern-day Galileos.
Scientific debates often blur the lines between the science that is being debated and the political, moral, and legal implications that come with its societal applications. This manuscript traces the origins of this phenomenon to professional norms within the scientific discipline.
Anne Glover, Chief Scientific Adviser to the European Commission, discusses evidence-based policy and nurturing and supporting a European scientific culture.
As a regular user of the scholarly literature since before the internet, I have closely followed its digitization. I find it rather frustrating that some of the most basic functionalities are still excluded.
Not only are scientific articles that have strong coverage in social media likely to be cited more in the future, social media is also the tool that allows us to communicate directly with the general public.
A new study has found that funding agencies are not as open as they could be about what they are doing to prevent this waste and that governments responsible for the public money they distribute are not holding them to account.
Why do authors continue to cite preprints years after they've been formally published? A citation is much more than a directional link to the source of a document. It is the basis for a system of rewarding those who make significant contributions to public science.
A new study explores a strange paradox: In countries that empower women, they are less likely to choose math and science professions.
Rogier Creemers advises early career academics to be ruthless and put themselves first to move up the ladder.
Citation indicators addressing total impact, co-authorship, and author positions offer complementary insights about impact. This article shows that a composite score including six citation indicators identifies extremely influential scientists better than single indicators.
Academia.edu, ResearchGate and private publishers all have something in common.
Bad research just doesn’t affect the people in the area around it, the people who might spend years trying to take a dodgy result and extend it.
A new study shows that p-values have become more popular — and more meaningless — over time.
From fungal networks sharing information and resources connecting all living things to the open source paradigm: Agroecology needs Open Access.
New axes of stratification are emerging in academic publishing, adding to the already complex tapestry of inequality in science. Authors working at lower-ranked universities are more likely to publish in closed/paywalled outlets, and less likely to choose outlets that involve some sort of Article Processing Charge (APCs; gold or hybrid OA).
Feeling a bit queasy these days? Small wonder. We are awash in disruption. Clearly, the d-word has long since become a trend in its own right.
Leadership is ‘sorely lacking’ in key areas such as robotics and climate change, parliament’s spending monitor warns.
Changes that will bring scientific discovery more freely into the public domain are happening.
