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Springer Nature SciGraph: Supporting Open Science and the Wider Understanding of Research

Springer Nature SciGraph: Supporting Open Science and the Wider Understanding of Research

Pioneering semantic platform with Linked Open Data to serve the needs of the research community.

The Secret to Making Family Life Compatible with an Academic Career

The Secret to Making Family Life Compatible with an Academic Career

Starting a family has less influence than before on the pursuit of an academic career for researchers.

The Perfect Grant and How to Get It

The Perfect Grant and How to Get It

To help scientists build a career, Pfunders must earmark cash, reduce emphasis on collaboration, and improve the application process.

Science Journalism Can Be Evidence-Based, Compelling — and Wrong

Science Journalism Can Be Evidence-Based, Compelling — and Wrong

A ranking of the best science-news outlets misjudges the relationship between research and reporting.

The Future of Scientific Publishing

The Future of Scientific Publishing

Open access publishing is gaining more and more momentum, and post-publication peer review is becoming more common. Those developments have both upsides and downsides.

The Rogue Neuroscientist on a Mission to Hack Peer Review

The Rogue Neuroscientist on a Mission to Hack Peer Review

The Edward Snowden of peer review.

Don’t Let Useful Data Go to Waste

Don’t Let Useful Data Go to Waste

Researchers must seek out others’ deposited biological sequences in community databases, urges Franziska Denk.

A Post-Publication Peer Review Success Story

A Post-Publication Peer Review Success Story

  In 2016, Joel Pitt and Prof. Helene Hill published an intriguing paper with us looking at the prevalence of scientific fraud in preclinical research...

Putting Evidence to Work for Policymakers

Putting Evidence to Work for Policymakers

Although scientists often are urged to share their expertise with policymakers, the idea that evidence should drive policy is not always accepted.