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Communications Expert Advises How Science Should Respond to Fake News
The rise of fake news has dominated the world of politics recently, but fake news is not at all new in the world of science.
Dokieli: Decentralised Article Publishing
A clientside editor for decentralised article publishing, annotations and social interactions.
Should AI Be Used in Science Publishing?
New technologies could make the scientific review process more objective and accurate — but some worry about the risks of letting computers determine what gets published.
Open Science Prize Goes to Software Tool for Tracking Viral Outbreaks
A tool developed by researchers at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and the University of Basel to track Zika, Ebola and other viral disease outbreaks in real time.
The Journal of Open Source Software
A free, open-access journal designed to publish brief papers about research software.
Emory Receives $1.2 Million to Shape Future of Scholarly Publishing
Emory College of Arts and Sciences has launched a $1.2 million effort that positions it to be a national leader in the future of scholarly publishing. The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation is funding the multiyear initiative to support long-form, open-access publications in the humanities in partnership with university presses.
Why Scientists Shouldn’t Replicate Their Own Work
For a career-minded scientist, to fail to replicate your own work is worse than never doing the replication at all.
Should Scientists Be Taught How to Work in a Team?
Soft skills like teamwork and communication could boost undergraduates' career prospects.
Collaboration and Competition Can Both Stimulate Innovation
Diverse approaches suit different goals.
Dutch Plan for Open Science
The motto being "as open as possible, as closed as necessary".
ESA Affirms Open Access Policy for Images, Videos and Data
ESA Affirms Open Access Policy for Images, Videos and Data
ESA today announced it has adopted an Open Access policy for its content such as still images, videos and selected sets of data.
Hybrid Open Access Is Unreliable
In February 2017, when Elsevier were accused of selling one paid-for hybrid open access article, at first they sowed doubt about it, then three days later admitted it to be true.
Erasmus Prize 2017 Awarded to MichèLe Lamont
The Praemium Erasmianum Foundation has awarded the 2017 Erasmus Prize to the Canadian cultural sociologist Michèle Lamont.
Reproducible Websites for Fun and Profit
In my scientific work I strive to be as open as possible. Unfortunately I work with data that I cannot de-identify well enough to share (aka weird sex diaries) and data that simply isn’t mine to share (aka the reproductive histories of all Swedish people since 1950)...
GitHub Released a Massive Guide to Contributing to Open Source
GitHub just released a massive guide to contributing to open source.
University Incubators May Lead to Lower-Quality Innovation
The establishment of university-affiliated incubators is often followed by a reduction in the quality of university innovations.
Are Scientists Using Social Media Effectively?
Social media platforms such as Twitter can be effectively used for connecting with scientific communities across the globe, facilitating knowledge exchange.
Elsevier Upgrades With Plum Analytics and Quertle
Elsevier integrated Plum Analytics and Quertle to assist researchers in analyzing higher number of articles and identifying the correct one for their research.
The White House Open Data Page Just Got Trumped
Trump Administration removed all open data (9GB) from the White House.
Elsevier Selling Access to Open Access Again
Elsevier have been caught selling access to paid-for “open articles in 2014, 2015, and 2016.
BioRxiv: A Pre-print Repository for Life Sciences
BioRxiv is a pre-print repository for life science researchers who can now easily share their unpublished work with the research community.
I’m a Scientist. This is What I’ll Fight For.
The War on Science is more than a skirmish over funding, censorship, and “alternative facts”. It’s a battle for the future, basic decency, and the people we love.
How Much Does It Cost to Run a Small Scholarly Publisher?
£182'100 of fixed costs per year.
Why Apprenticeships Are Science's Future
Practical experience and no student debt make vocational training an enticing career option
Equality in Science: A Mission Still Not Accomplished
In the 1960s three African-American women helped put astronauts into orbit. Hidden Figures tells their story, but women in science are still battling inequality.
I’m a Scientist. This is What I’ll Fight For.
A battle for the future, basic decency, and the people we love.
The Future of Scholarly Publishing
If we were to have to invent the scholarly publishing system again from scratch today, what would it look like?
Dutch Open Science Plan
A plan setting out what the Dutch are already doing and what they plan to do to grasp the opportunities and at the same time make science even more accessible to others.
University Incubators May Lead to Lower-Quality Innovation
The establishment of university-affiliated incubators is often followed by a reduction in the quality of university innovations, according to a new study co-authored by a Baylor University entrepreneurship professor.
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