No Room for Discrimination or Harassment
Discrimination and harassment violate scientific integrity – but the damage they do goes beyond that.
Coronavirus Just Caused the American Physical Society to Cancel Its Biggest Meeting of the Year
Coronavirus Just Caused the American Physical Society to Cancel Its Biggest Meeting of the Year
Last-minute move causes chaos for thousands of researchers
Mapping Open Science Tools
Mapping Open Science Tools
A fresh mapping of open-science tools for the researcher workflow reveals numerous gaps and opportunities for software solutions in the name of scientific progress.
Science Groups, Senator Warn Trump Administration Not to Change Publishing Rulescdscdscdsc
Science Groups, Senator Warn Trump Administration Not to Change Publishing Rulescdscdscdsc
Letters blast rumored shift to immediate open access for taxpayer-funded studies
The Problem with Diversity, Inclusion, and Equity
Dr. Geraldine Cochran discusses why addressing equity is the first step in creating a diverse and inclusive organization.
Of Mythical Beasts and Zero-Embargo Mandates | Advancing Discovery | Springer Nature
Of Mythical Beasts and Zero-Embargo Mandates | Advancing Discovery | Springer Nature
Last year, everyone in U.S. academic publishing had strong opinions about a mythical beast that all had heard about but none had actually seen: a rumored Executive Order from the White House Office of Science and Technology that would mandate immediate public availability of research results by federally-funded authors.
Nobel Prize-winning Scientist Frances Arnold Retracts Paper
A Nobel laureate is being praised for retracting a scientific paper that was not reproducible.
Evidence Snapshot Climate Change
This evidence snapshot represents just the tip of the iceberg of the many studies of climate change that have seen climate change transition from a scientific curiosity to a global environmental, socioeconomic, political, and technological grand challenge.
Doctors and Postdocs in Political Science in Switzerland. A Study Conducted by the Swiss Political Science Association.
Doctors and Postdocs in Political Science in Switzerland. A Study Conducted by the Swiss Political Science Association.
This report shows the results of a survey conducted in spring 2019 among all people who received a PhD in political science from a Swiss university during the last eleven years (2008 to 2018) and among postdocs working in a Swiss university in June 2019. Thus, this survey sheds light on the experiences and career paths of both postdocs and doctors in political science who left academia. Moreover, it compares the results regarding postdocs with a similar study carried out in 2012.
What Is Life Science?
If you're working on a research project in biology, you'll need citations in the life sciences. But what is life science? Here's a guide for researchers.
No Going Back: How the Coronavirus Pandemic Changed Research Infrastructures
Europe’s research labs scrambled to make the best use of their resources and offered remote access for researchers during the pandemic. Some of these changes are set to become a permanent feature.
Radical Open-Access Plan Could Spell End to Journal Subscriptions
Eleven research funders in Europe announce ‘Plan S’ to make all scientific works free to read as soon as they are published.
The Antiscience Movement Is Escalating, Going Global and Killing Thousands
The Antiscience Movement Is Escalating, Going Global and Killing Thousands
Rejection of mainstream science and medicine has become a key feature of the political right in the U.S. and increasingly around the world
The Worst of Both Worlds: Hybrid Open Access
The Open Access movement was meant to provide universal access to knowledge, however the hybrid model seems to defeat this point by hindering the discoverability of hybrid Open Access articles, and creating more difficulties to disseminate knowledge.
Climate Change Fears Propel Scientists out of the Lab and into the Streets
It's hard to know just how many scientists have turned to activism in the last few years. But many researchers say they've noticed a change.
Using Library Science to Map the Separation Crisis
Using Library Science to Map the Separation Crisis
A digital scholarship librarian and a historian assembled a team of professors, graduate students, researchers, and fellows to create "Torn Apart / Separados", an interactive web site that visualizes the vast apparatus of immigration enforcement in the US, and broadly maps the shelters where children can be housed.
Open Access to Publications: the SNSF Supports Europe's Plan S
Open Access to Publications: the SNSF Supports Europe's Plan S
European and national research funders are expected to commit all researchers to granting open access to their publications as of 2020. The SNSF supports this Plan S. However, it is not in a position to add its signature to the plan at present.
Philip Zimbardo Defends the Stanford Prison Experiment, his Most Famous Work
What’s the scientific value of the Stanford Prison Experiment? Zimbardo responds to the new allegations against his work.
The Myth of Diversity and Inclusion in Science
The US scientific research enterprise is completely intertwined with US global hegemony.
How the Academic Publishing Oligopoly Skews Debates on the Cost of Publishing
We should be nurturing the kinds of publishing cultures we want to see: those that value the labour needed to care for publishing and that work in harmony with research communities rather than extract from them, argues Samuel Moore.
Scientists Must Keep Fighting Fake News, Not Retreat to Their Ivory Towers
Scientists Must Keep Fighting Fake News, Not Retreat to Their Ivory Towers
Scientists have the public’s trust, so the swell of fake news shouldn’t put them off communicating, says CEO of Science Media Centre.
We’re In an Epidemic of Mistrust in Science
Polling shows that the number of people who believe science has "made life more difficult" increased by 50 percent from 2009 to 2015.
Are Women Submitting Fewer Grant Proposals?
Studies and surveys confirm that during the COVID-19 pandemic, women's workload at home has increased. Does that mean women researchers are also submitting fewer proposals to the SNSF? Analyses show that, with one exception, their share has remained stable.
Scientists Urge China to Quickly Share Data on Virus Linked to Pneumonia Outbreak
Scientists Urge China to Quickly Share Data on Virus Linked to Pneumonia Outbreak
Chinese researchers say a novel coronavirus likely sickened 59 people in Wuhan.
Open Access: Simple and Efficient Publishing with ChronosHub
The SNSF is launching a new pilot project: researchers will be able to publish their open access articles via the ChronosHub platform, thereby saving a lot of time and effort.
Role Models Tell Girls That STEM’s for Them in New Campaign
The Ad Council - along with G.E., Google, IBM, Microsoft and Verizon - is trying to encourage girls ages 11 to 15 to get involved in science, technology, engineering and math.
The 'Loss of Confidence Project' Offers Scientists a Place to Confess
What are researchers to do when they lose confidence in their previously published work? A new project has an answer. Will it help the replication crisis?
Scientists Convert Used Plastic Bottles into Vanilla Flavouring
Production of chemical could help make recycling more attractive and tackle global plastic pollution
Navigating the Path to a Biomedical Science Career
Study concludes that relationships with faculty, particularly the mentor advisor, are essential to the opportunities available to these young career researchers and to the career paths they choose.
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