Ten Simple Rules for Considering Preprints
So why make your work available as preprints? There are perceived positives and negatives to disclosing scientific work in the form of a preprint, explored here in the form of 10 Simple Rules.
Symposium - Revolutions in Science: Discovery, Imagination, and the Future
As the United States marks its 250th anniversary, the National Academy of Sciences will convene scientific leaders, innovators, and emerging researchers to explore a central question: What discoveries will define the next 250 years?
Good Enough Practices in Scientific Computing
A set of good computing practices that every researcher can adopt, regardless of their current level of computational skill.
Researchers Have Finally Created a Tool to Spot Duplicated Images Across Thousands of Papers
Researchers Have Finally Created a Tool to Spot Duplicated Images Across Thousands of Papers
Publishers would need to join forces to apply image-checking software across the literature.
Making Research Evaluation Processes in Europe More Transparent
What models or practices could be developed to help incentivize and reward innovation and diverse forms of scholarly communication and public engagement while reducing the risk to those who are seen to be diverging from traditional modes of professional practices and advancement?
Rainforests Are Under Siege. Here's What You Should Know.
Two-thirds of the world's rainforests have been wiped out or degraded, according to a 2020 analysis.
Putting China’s science surge in proper perspective
Reports of China’s rising scientific dominance over the US and West should be taken with a big grain of salt.
New SoftwareX journal integrates software into scientific communication
Open access journal SoftwareX publishes cross-discipline, peer-reviewed software that has been developed during the research process.
'Predatory' Scientific Publisher Is Hit With a $50 Million Judgment
The Federal Trade Commission accused Omics International, a publisher in India, of operating hundreds of fake research journals with deceptive business practices.
Science in Exile: How Displaced African Researchers Are Rebuilding Careers Abroad
James Watson and the Insidiousness of Scientific Racism
Opinion: Black scientists are in the best position to understand what is so broken about the ideas of Watson and his army.
Harnessing Scientific Evidence and Decision Making to Accelerate the SDGs
A joint statement summarizes insights from the first-ever Science Day held to accelerate progress on the SDGs.
Making research more visible
A post highlighting some policy goals and showing how the incentive system for publishing could easily be made into an important tool for achieving them.
EU's development policy on thin ice
EU's development policy on thin ice
A scientific board that helped forge links between European researchers and policymakers will close down on November 1, 2014. It is unknown if the new development commissioner will set up a similar board.
Worldwide Inequality in Access to Full Text Scientific Articles: the Example of Ophthalmology
Worldwide Inequality in Access to Full Text Scientific Articles: the Example of Ophthalmology
The problem of access to medical information, particularly in low-income countries, has been under discussion for many years. Paywalls still limit access to approximately 75% of scholarly documents. This study compares the accessibility of recent full text articles in the field of ophthalmology in 27 established institutions located worldwide.
How Burnout and Imposter Syndrome Blight Scientific Careers
Most scientists love what they do, but job satisfaction levels hit a new low, Nature's survey finds.
Academics Who Publish Frequently ‘Have More Highly Cited Articles’
Analysis casts doubt on fears that ‘publish or perish’ culture undermines quality.
Africa Should Set Own Standards of Research Excellence
'Most highly cited' criterion is not the most appropriate.
Escaping Darwin's Shadow: How Alfred Russel Wallace Inspires Indigenous Researchers
Escaping Darwin's Shadow: How Alfred Russel Wallace Inspires Indigenous Researchers
Wallace, who independently discovered the theory of evolution, relied on local knowledge to craft his seminal work on species ranges in the Amazon. Now, the region's Indigenous scientists have taken charge of their research using this and other cross-cultural tools.
Make Research Integrity Training Mandatory, Say 73% of Australian Researchers
A clean, green science machine
As the world warms and technology improves, researchers and institutions should look at their carbon footprints and question whether they really need to travel to academic conferences.
Meta-Research: Gender Inequalities Among Authors Who Contributed Equally
An analysis of papers in which two or more authors shared first-author position found that male authors were more likely than female authors to appear first in the author list.
The T&F Buyout of F1000 Neutralizes the Plan S Threat Infrastructures
I am tempted to think that Taylor & Francis's acquisition of F1000 should be critiqued on grounds of yet more gross for-profit consolidation in the scholarly publishing ecosystem. I believe this is true. But funders won't care. The EU wants to maintain its stance of market non-interference and I do not believe that the for-profit status of such entities bothers others like Wellcome or Gates.
January SciComm Challenge - Let's Talk About Creativity in Science!
What better way to start 2021 than with a new science communication challenge! This month's challenge should help get your creative juices flowing… writing (or visualizing!) a time when creativity, imagination or subconscious thought was important to your scientific or artistic work!
Building Trust in Science
Engaging citizens in research will be a big priority for the new Horizon Europe funding programme. Horizon Europe includes a €2 million research call for recommendations to strengthen societal trust in science, research and innovation, while the programme is also seeking to encourage more public participation in scientific research.
Equity, Diversity and Inclusion: Why I Cannot Return Home Yet
EU must spend more on research and development
EU must spend more on research and development
Europe is already a world leader in areas from car and aerospace manufacturing to chemicals, and its focus on high-tech niches – which are less subject to low-cost competition – remains a source of strength.