Unintended consequences and suggestions for averting them.

Biases in grant proposal success rates, funding rates and award sizes affect the geographical distribution of funding for biomedical research

Towards a collaborative open database of all available information on all clinical trials

An evidence-based review

Do people think that scientists are bad people? Although surveys find that science is a highly respected profession, a growing discourse has emerged regarding how science is often judged negatively.

Big-name scientists may end up stifling progress in their fields

Ideally, in a reviewing process, it is generally easier for referees to make faster and more reliable decisions for high quality papers, which ideally and on average will later attract more citations. Therefore, it is possible that the editorial delay time—the time between dates of submission and acceptance or publication—is correlated to the number of received citations, as has been weakly confirmed by previous studies.

Study shows that graduate students’ funding mechanisms affect their early-career job choices.

A book on how to be a scientist the modern way.

Cutting down on long-distance air travel is the best way to reduce the emission of greenhouse gases by the scientific community.

In this paper we explore the effectiveness of selected research and innovation policies among EU countries.

On the democratization of science via the Internet and the dramatic change in the communication of data and in their interpretation.

This advisory report is about open science, and more specifically about access to scholarly publications (open access) and research data (open research data). What impact is this likely to have for the world of science itself, for society and for business? What level of openness is publicly desirable and what does this imply for government policy?

Citation counts are not purely a reflection of scientific merit and the impact factor is, in fact, auto-correlated.

Selected Writings on Open Access, 2002–2011, MIT Press, 2016

A Recommended Practice of theNationalInformation Standards Organization

Study suggests saturation point of higher education expansion is some way off.

Key journal performance data for 2015 and other highlights from a business that is doing a lot more than publishing.

On maximizing returns on research investment.

On the importance of basic research to the NIH mission.

Researchers, publishers and representatives of funding agencies gathered at ASAPBio to discuss the use of preprint publications in biology. It became clear through the discussion on Twitter with #ASAPBio that many were unclear as to the purpose of the meeting, how preprints could help or hinder junior scientists, or even what preprints are.

US analysis questions link between Twitter success and scholarly merit, raising doubts about the use of social media data in altmetrics.

A report produced by Digital Science, together with an international collaboration of leading higher education professionals and policy experts who give their views on the global impact agenda in research policy and discuss what evidence of impact is useful to them.

Policymakers, funders, and universities should take a holistic view on performance-based funding and develop strategies for reaping its benefits while mitigating its risks.

A collection of 150 personal stories from scientists who are combining a career in research with their roles as parents and carers, each in their own way.

Converting Scholarly Journals to Open Access: A Review of Approaches and Experiences

In the race to apply for research funding, writing statements about future impact can feel like a charade.

A review of approaches and experiences on how to convert subscription-based scholarly journals to open access.

A contribution to the "Open Innovation", "Open Science", and "Open to the World" agenda.

Journal Impact Factors have a larger influence on the citation impact of a publication than the quality (measured by judgments of peers).