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Survey Reveals Basic Research in Canada Is Falling by the Wayside
The number of researchers who work on basic science questions has dropped precipitously.
The Secrets of a Top Salary in Science
The highest-earning academics aren’t necessarily those who do the most research.
The Secrets of a Top Salary in Science
The highest-earning academics aren’t necessarily those who do the most research.
US Court Grants Elsevier Millions in Damages from Sci-Hub
Some doubt that the publishing giant will see any money from the pirate site.
Don't Let Europe's Open-Science Dream Drift
Now that the major players have agreed to the giant European Open Science Cloud, it’s time to get the project moving.
Pay-to-view blacklist of predatory journals set to launch
Private firm says its watchlist of untrustworthy journals will be objective and transparent — but not free.
Don’t Let Europe’s Open-Science Dream Drift
Now that the major players have agreed to the giant European Open Science Cloud, it’s time to get the project moving.
China Cracks Down on Fake Peer Reviews
Funding agencies announce harsh penalties and stronger policing efforts.
Macron Consolidates Electoral Victory
The party of France’s recently elected president won an absolute majority in its first general elections, with an agenda that included strong support for research.
Biologists Debate How to License Preprints
Flood of online manuscripts generates confusion about terms for distribution and reuse.
Salary Negotiation: Get What You Seek
A move into industry after a PhD may not bring immediate financial rewards, but it pays to know your strengths.
How Do Researchers Use Social Media and Scholarly Collaboration Networks?
Social media is not only a way for authors and publishers to disseminate research findings, it’s also increasingly being used by researchers to discover and read scientific content.
How Pasteur’s Artistic Insight Changed Chemistry
Louis Pasteur was a scientific giant of the nineteenth century, but, as Joseph Gal asks, was his most famouscontribution to the understanding of chemistry — chirality — influenced more by his artistic talents?
Senior Scientists as Allies for Equity
Asking the scientific system to fix itself from the bottom up could place an unacceptable burden on junior scientists.
Empty Rhetoric over Data Sharing Slows Science
It is surely misguided for funding agencies — for instance, the Swiss National Science Foundation — to prohibit the use of commercial data platforms by grant-holders.
Predicting the Paper of the Future
How academic publishing may change in the years to come.
The Mathematicians Who Want to Save Democracy
With algorithms in hand, scientists are looking to make elections in the United States more representative.
Romania's Science Reforms Prompt Boycott
Researchers refuse to sit on evaluation panels after government bans international participation.
Pay-to-View Blacklist of Predatory Journals Set to Launch
Private firm says its watchlist of untrustworthy journals will be objective and transparent — but not free.
Crowd-Based Peer Review Can Be Good and Fast
Confidential feedback from many interacting reviewers can help editors make better, quicker decisions.
Towards Greater Reproducibility for Life-Sciences Research in Nature
Nature will publish more details on experiments described in life-sciences papers.
Crowd-Based Peer Review Can Be Good and Fast
Confidential feedback from many interacting reviewers can help editors make better, quicker decisions.
Software Simplified
Containerization technology takes the hassle out of setting up software and can boost the reproducibility of data-driven research.
Is the Nature Index at Odds with DORA?
We find Nature Research's critical attitude towards journal impact factors, embodied in its signing of the San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment (DORA; Nature 544, 394; 2017), to be inconsistent with the aims of its Nature Index.
Keeping a Lid on Open Science
Efforts to promote and enforce shared research have made progress in China, but there is much room for improvement.
Monument to Peer Review Unveiled in Moscow
Cornerstone of modern science immortalized in concrete.