ESOF through the eyes of young scientists

Europe's brain drain problem is becoming a major crisis.

U.S. science lobbyists coined the phrase "innovation deficit" last year

John P. A. Ioannidis and colleagues asked the most highly cited biomedical scientists to score their top-ten papers in six ways.

As monitoring of scholars' performance, time and output increases, so do reservations about its value and effectiveness

Not necessarily at odds.

Accounting and working with budget numbers isn't always that boring as it appears to be, especially if it's spiced up with marketing. A good example is the debate on the budget of Horizon 2020.

There’s been a very sharp increase in the proportion of administrators to faculty and students in the last 30-40 years.

Universities are no longer viewed predominantly as places driven by curiosity and a thirst for knowledge. Instead, they are drivers of economic development.

Pros and cons of an alternative for today’s method of allocating research funds using peer review.

Housing industry labs in academic settings benefits all parties.

Welcome efforts are being made to recognize academics who give up their time to peer review.

Clearly, the key features of Silicon Valley that foster innovation and entrepreneurship can be replicated in and adapted to a wide variety of contexts.

There's a lot that gets done that goes unrecognized. That unrecognized work can not only be crucial for getting to the actual research outcome put forward in the form of publications, but also for reflecting important skills gained.

A new way to measure whether an experimental result is really replicated.

Joint winner says move to UK was important to his success and fears impact of government migration controls and funding freeze.

"More people over 65 are funded by research grants than those under 35."

On identifying Nobel-worthy scientists.

Wall Street analysts say open access has failed, but their analysis might help us succeed. If we dare.

I have a dream…. that one day top‐quality science will be practised all over the world. Yes, I know: it's just another of my silly dreams.

According to a new report, the answer is "both."

Changes that will bring scientific discovery more freely into the public domain are happening.

Reply to a recent opinion stating that creativity was being suppressed in science.

Interview with Walter Gilbert, Nobel Laureate in Chemistry

The research conducted using federal funds is driven - and distorted - by the academic publishing model.

The crowdsourcing model of raising public funds online for individual projects is becoming a real possibility for medical and scientific research.

Comment by Julia Lane and Jason Owen-Smith

The sciences can be a sanctuary for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender individuals, but biases may still discourage many from coming out.

10% of all postdocs stay in academia but nearly 80% hope to pursue an academic career

The PLOS Pathogens team reflects on their most widely shared article and the benefits and pitfalls of sharing science research on social media.