Raising the Status of Peer Review With Publons
An interview with Tom Culley, Marketing Director of Publons, on how provide recognition for this vital part of the scientific process.
Groundbreaking Deal Makes Large Number of German Studies Free to Public
Groundbreaking Deal Makes Large Number of German Studies Free to Public
New contract gives researchers access to Wiley's journals and makes their papers open access
Two Swiss Strengths Help Anticipate Tomorrow's World
Scientific anticipation in diplomacy and Switzerland's contribution to solving major global problems were the focus of a SWI-hosted panel discussion.
US Health Care Reform: Progress and Next Steps
US Health Care Reform: Progress and Next Steps
In this Special Communication, President Barack Obama reviews the Affordable Care Act: why he pursued it, what it has effected, and how the health care system can still be improved.
What Gives With So Many Hard Scientists Being Hard-Core Endurance Runners?
A surprising number of physicists and astronomers and STEM professionals compete in long, hard, miserable athletic endeavors like ultramarathons. Why?
New Study Shows EU Funding for Industry-Based Doctoral Training Can Foster Innovation
New Study Shows EU Funding for Industry-Based Doctoral Training Can Foster Innovation
Funding doctoral training can be a driving force for innovation, especially if it involves industry, according to a new European Commission study.
The 7 biggest problems facing science, according to 270 scientists
These are dark times for science so we asked hundreds of researchers how to fix it.
European Parliament Petition on Elsevier and the Open Science Monitor - Green Tea and Velociraptors
European Parliament Petition on Elsevier and the Open Science Monitor - Green Tea and Velociraptors
Elsevier's role in the EU's Open Science Monitor is examined more closely.
How to Navigate the Challenges of Corporate-academia Research Partnerships
Many research projects draw on sources of funding from the corporate world. Fola Adeleke discusses the challenges inherent to this kind of research and outlines three key considerations for researchers engaging with corporate partners.
What BioRxiv's First 30,000 Preprints Reveal About Biologists
More than 1 million studies are now downloaded from the site every month, mostly in neuroscience, bioinformatics and genomics.
The Evaluation of Scholarship in Academic Promotion and Tenure Processes: Past, Present, and Future - F1000Research
The Evaluation of Scholarship in Academic Promotion and Tenure Processes: Past, Present, and Future - F1000Research
Review, promotion, and tenure (RPT) processes significantly affect how faculty direct their own career and scholarly progression. Although RPT practices vary between and within institutions, and affect various disciplines, ranks, institution types, genders, and ethnicity in different ways, some consistent themes emerge when investigating what faculty would like to change about RPT. For instance, over the last few decades, RPT processes have generally increased the value placed on research, at the expense of teaching and service, which often results in an incongruity between how faculty actually spend their time vs. what is considered in their evaluation. Another issue relates to publication practices: most agree RPT requirements should encourage peer-reviewed works of high quality, but in practice, the value of publications is often assessed using shortcuts such as the prestige of the publication venue, rather than on the quality and rigor of peer review of each individual item.
Royal Society science medal and awards winners
Scientific awards, medals and prizes awarded by the Royal Society in 2016.
Canada to Sign Horizon Europe Association Deal Next Year
After lengthy negotiations, the EU and Canada reached agreement for Canadian researchers to join Horizon Europe research programme from next year.
How many PLoS ONE papers said: All relevant data are within the paper
When PLoS announced its data policy that all data should be made publicly available, everyone applauded. It was a big step toward an open science and data sharing.
Additional Points in My Plan S Response
Further to my other post earlier this week, I have added the additional points to my response letter to the Plan S implementation guidelines. These centre around monographs (9), REF involvement in Plan S (10), infrastructural support (11), the "time of publication" (12), clarification of the term "quality" (13), compliance of existing software with repository requirements (14), publisher deposition (15), and the ability to pursue defamation suits for wrongful attribution and reputational damage with the waiver of moral rights under CC BY 4.0 (16). If number 16 could be resolved, the open licensing landscape would be much clearer. The full letter is now available.
How the 'Right to Science' Can Help Us Overcome the Many Crises We Face Today
How the 'Right to Science' Can Help Us Overcome the Many Crises We Face Today
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights - proclaimed 75 years ago - describes science as fundamental to humanity. Upholding this right has never been more relevant than it is now.
An Open Letter to U.S. Scientist Legislators
You can restore credibility to Congress and lead on issues from opioid addiction to clean water
Proposed changes to rules for policing fraud in U.S.-funded biomedical research draw a mixed response
Proposed changes to rules for policing fraud in U.S.-funded biomedical research draw a mixed response
Academics like keeping definition narrow but worry about tighter deadlines and more record-keeping.
Will AI Accelerate or Delay the Race to Net-zero Emissions?
As artificial intelligence transforms the global economy, researchers need to explore scenarios to assess how it can help, rather than harm, the climate.
Agencies must show that basic research is worth the investment
The European Research Council has begun to evaluate the impact of its grants; others should do the same.
Around 40% of Swiss research is open access
According to the SNSF, 40% of scientific publications produced with the support of public funding are openly accessible, which makes Switzerland “progressive” compared with other countries.
Open is Not Enough
The solutions adopted by the high-energy physics community to foster reproducible research are examples of best practices that could be embraced more widely. This first experience suggests that reproducibility requires going beyond openness.
Drawing Inspiration from Science
More than 10,000 visual works for academic papers across assorted fields over the past four years have made their way to the world's top academic journals.
Life's arrow: the Epistemic Singularity
For centuries people have been asking, “Why is there something rather than nothing?” Science has not been able to give us an answer so far. We still have to live with the basic statement that “Everything that is is, and it is as long as it keeps its identity, that is, its onticity”, which we may call the “Strong Ontic Principle”.
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