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In order to reduce its gender imbalance, the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences in Amsterdam will hold special election rounds, one in 2017 and one in 2018, for which only women can be nominated.
In April, we announced we were pausing our public engagement funding to thoroughly review and explore the best ways for us to support public engagement activities in future. Now, we’re pleased – and more than a little excited – to share the outcome of this work.
Open publishing platforms that bring grey literature out of the dark promise to save money, reduce duplication and speed communication
The World Intellectual Property Organization today announced its new Open Access policy to promote the widest possible public access to its publications, furthering the Organization’s commitment to the dissemination and sharing of knowledge.
Tyler Shultz says he wanted to shield reputation of former Secretary of State George Shultz, a Theranos director; $400,000 in legal fees
Cuts could spark an exodus of young talent, some fear
Wellcome Open Research provides all Wellcome researchers with a place to rapidly publish any results they think are worth sharing.
A new study shows computers outshine real-life academics when performing some scholarly research tasks
The 150 best universities for delivering work-ready graduates
The move by Chinese scientists could spark a biomedical duel between China and the United States.
2016 winners include journalists from China, Germany, Sweden, The Netherlands and the United Kingdom.
No male nominees will be accepted in two special election rounds that seek to address gender imbalance.
Journal experiments and surveys suggest scientists are coming round to the idea of publishing review reports. A few journals, such as PeerJ, the BMJ and F1000Research, already embrace open peer review in various different forms.
A new search engine called Semantic Scholar helps academics deal with the increasingly enormous volume of academic research.
An academic search engine that utilizes artificial intelligence methods to provide highly relevant results and novel tools to filter them with ease.
In 2013, we set out to build Mozilla's first open science program with support from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. Over three years later, we're pleased to announce a two-year award from the Sloan Foundation to further support that work in advancing openness, adoption and reproducibility in science.
Semantic Scholar extends its reach to neuroscience, analyzing millions of science articles
eLife has appointed Paul Shannon as its new Head of Technology to oversee the development of tools and software in support of science communication.
The majority of our authors are opting in to publish reviewer reports of their papers.
A PLOS selection of research articles, guidelines, and commentaries about data sharing, data practices, and data policies from different research fields.
The Winnower will power a range of publishing services for researchers who are writing on Authorea.
Biomedical funders worldwide are adopting the US agency’s free Relative Citation Ratio to analyse grant outcomes.
World Health Organization asks research initiatives to focus on translating their findings into clinical benefits.
Tata Trusts and UC San Diego partner to establish Tata Institute for Active Genetics and Society.
The University of Oregon is launching a new science campus, backed by a $500 million gift from Nike Inc. co-founder Phil Knight and his wife.
Reviewers who are experts in a given field are more likely to deliver harsher critiques of papers that hit close to home, researchers report.
