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Not Throwing Away Our Shot
Over the past few weeks, prominent scientific publications have condemned President Donald Trump's record on science. This is unprecedented.
Institutions Can Retool to Make Research More Rigorous
Big moves to rebuild the scientific infrastructure are possible, argues Ulrich Dirnagl.
Science Has Been in a "Replication Crisis" for a Decade. Have We Learned Anything?
Science Has Been in a "Replication Crisis" for a Decade. Have We Learned Anything?
Bad papers are still published. But some other things might be getting better.
#bropenscience is Broken Science
Kirstie Whitaker and Olivia Guest ask how open ‘open science’ really is.
The COVID-19 Pandemic Illustrates the Need for Open Science
We need more transparency in how scientific knowledge is created and communicated, especially in the context of a pandemic where science should guide important decisions affecting millions of people.
The Next Generation Discovery Citation Indexes : A Review of the Landscape in 2020
The COVID-19 Crisis Has Confirmed That a Strong Knowledge System is Key to a Just, Peaceful and Sustainable World
The COVID-19 Crisis Has Confirmed That a Strong Knowledge System is Key to a Just, Peaceful and Sustainable World
COVID-19 has highlighted the need to work with researchers all around the world at the same time that it has also exposed the inequalities in the global research and knowledge system.
Female Academics Saw Their Own Experiences with #manterrupting in This Week's Vice Presidential Debate
Open-Access Fees Creating 'A Crisis' for African Research
High publishing charges keep continent's scholars out of top journals, academics argue.
Science and the Breakdown of Trust
The COVID-19 syndemic is entering its most dangerous phase. There is a mounting breakdown of trust. Not only between politicians and the public. But also among politicians and publics with science and scientists. This breach of faith with science is far more threatening.
COVID-Vaccine Results Are on the Way - and Scientists' Concerns Are Growing
Researchers warn that vaccines could stumble on safety trials, be fast-tracked because of politics or fail to meet the public's expectations.
Why Governments Get COVID-19 Wrong
Therapies and vaccines will come, but not for many months. Until then, politicians will have to work on the basics
Trump's Stalinist Approach to Science
Bully and ignore the experts, and send in the quacks.
Initiative for Open Abstracts - COKI
COKI Project Co-lead Professor Cameron Neylon outlines why he is supporting a campaign calling for all abstracts to be made open access.
COVID-19 Has Profoundly Changed the Way We Conduct and Share Research. Let's Not Return to Business As Usual when the Pandemic is Over!
COVID-19 Has Profoundly Changed the Way We Conduct and Share Research. Let's Not Return to Business As Usual when the Pandemic is Over!
COVID-19 has led to rapid and open sharing of research outputs. But will this new, radically open research communications paradigm result in permanent change?
Africa Has Defied The Covid-19 Nightmare Scenarios - We Shouldn’t Be Surprised
Scientists Aren't Trained to Mentor. That's a Problem
Scientists Aren't Trained to Mentor. That's a Problem
Universities need to genuinely support mentorship training for faculty members.
Science Journals Are Purging Racist, Sexist Work. Finally
Getting rid of harmful papers is a vital step toward reestablishing readers' trust. Next, publishers should target articles that are flawed in other ways.
Learning from a Retraction
The editors of the Lancet Group examined The Lancet's peer-review processes to identify ways of further reducing risks of research and publication misconduct.
Ask The Chefs: Improving Trust in Peer Review
In support of #PeerRevWk20 theme #TrustInPeerReview, we asked the Chefs how trust in peer review could be improved. See what they said and add your thoughts!
A Pandemic is No Time to Cut the European Research Council's Funding
Europe's flagship science agency will be crucial to a post-coronavirus world. Slashing its budget will be a senseless act.
Vaccine Transparency
Efforts to find and deploy a coronavirus vaccine should be as transparent as possible to increase the chances of success - but the reality is often sadly different.
What if We Have to Wait Years for a Coronavirus Vaccine?
A silver-bullet vaccine is far from guaranteed. But it's also not the only way out of the pandemic.
Open Access in the Plague Year
Coronavirus shows why open publishing is vital, but could make it unaffordable, says Martin Eve.
More Better Science | Clothing the Emperor
More Better Science | Clothing the Emperor
This blog calls for a better scientific quality by pointing to the shortcomings in academia.
Articles Are the Fundamental Unit of Data Sharing - The Scholarly Kitchen
Articles Are the Fundamental Unit of Data Sharing - The Scholarly Kitchen
The FAIR principles answer the 'How' question for sharing research data, but we also need consensus on the 'What' question.