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Tough Crowd
Tough Crowd
Reviewers who are experts in a given field are more likely to deliver harsher critiques of papers that hit close to home, researchers report.
Commission and EIF seek Pan-European Venture Capital Fund-of-Funds Managers
Commission and EIF seek Pan-European Venture Capital Fund-of-Funds Managers
The European Commission and the European Investment Fund are inviting applications for setting up and managing one or more private-sector led, market-driven Pan-European Venture Capital Funds-of-Funds.
Jisc Collections and Elsevier Sign Landmark Agreement
5-year subscription access to around 1,850 journals on Elsevier’s ScienceDirect e-platform.
Tracker Flags Up Failures to Report Clinical Trials
Computerized search of trial registry lists worst offenders.
Scientists Ride the Podcasting Wave
Podcasting can offer personal and professional benefits for researchers who want to dive in.
Machine-learning Algorithm Quantifies Gender Bias in Astronomy
Calculation suggests papers with women first-authors have citation rates pushed down by 10%.
The Open Preprint Repository Network
A free, open source, preprints repository, api, and aggregator for arXiv, PeerJ, Research Papers in Economics, PsyArXiv, SocArXiv, engrXiv, and others.
The Watchers on the Web
A court case may define the limits of anonymous scientific criticism
Publons Academy
Publons Academy
A practical pathway to becoming an expert reviewer.
Turkish Government Tightens Grip on Universities
More than 1000 academics fired.
How Scientists Are Fighting Bias In Research By Writing Down Their Theories In Advance
How Scientists Are Fighting Bias In Research By Writing Down Their Theories In Advance
Scientific research is being skewed by researchers and journals changing what they're looking for after the results of the study come in. But some people are finding ways to fight back against their own bias.
Tested, and Found Wanting
Tested, and Found Wanting
Half of clinical trials do not have their results published. Those behind the TrialsTracker, a web tool created by the Evidence-Based Medicine Data Lab, at Oxford University, hope to change this.
Decrees Threaten Turkish Universities' Autonomy
Erdogan, has taken direct control of the appointment of university rectors and a further 1,267 academics have been dismissed.
BRICS & Emerging Economies Rankings 2017
The announced ranking will include 300 universities from 41 countries
Scientists Can Publish Their Best Work at Any Age
New equation also suggests way to predict a researcher's potential to produce top work.
California Rules U.S. Corporate Research
Every state wants to be home to the next Google or Facebook. But it’s no coincidence that those companies are located in California. The latest data from the National Science Foundation (NSF) show that three of every 10 corporate research dollars are now spent in California.
See How the Most Influential Science Comes in Waves
Science says career success is random. Here's what that looks like.
Hey Scientists, How Much of Your Publication Success is Due to Dumb Luck?
Papers are like “lottery tickets,” researchers conclude
Top 10 YouTube Science Channels to Enlighten and Entertain
A collectionof YouTube’s most popular and emerging science channels.
'Any Idiot Can Do It.'
Genome editor CRISPR could put mutant mice in everyone's reach
Young Scientists Ditch Postdocs for Biotech Start-ups
Many biologists are founding their own firms as venture capitalists show increased interest in science.
Mining the Secrets of College Syllabuses
The creators of the Open Syllabus Project hope that sharing data can both improve and reward teaching.