Cambridge Lectures to Be Online-only in 2020-21
There will be no face-to-face lectures in the next academic year due to coronavirus, the university says.
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Dutch Research Institutions and Elsevier Initiate World's First National Open Science Partnership
Dutch Research Institutions and Elsevier Initiate World's First National Open Science Partnership
VSNU, NFU, NWO and Elsevier have agreed publishing, reading and open science services to support Dutch research and innovation ambitions.
Vaccine Experts Say Moderna's Covid-19 Data Leave Big Questions
While Moderna blitzed the media, it revealed very little information - and most of what it did disclose were words, not data.
COAlition S Announces Price Transparency Requirements | Plan S
From July 2022 only publishers who adhere to the newly approved Plan S price transparency frameworks will be eligible to access funds from cOAlition S members.
Scientists Are Drowning in COVID-19 Papers. Can New Tools Keep Them Afloat?
Scientists Are Drowning in COVID-19 Papers. Can New Tools Keep Them Afloat?
The hunt is on for better ways to collect and search pandemic studies
Professor Dame Ottoline Leyser to Join UK Research and Innovation As New Chief Executive
Professor Dame Ottoline Leyser to Join UK Research and Innovation As New Chief Executive
Business Secretary Alok Sharma has announced that Professor Dame Ottoline Leyser DBE FRS will join UK Research and Innovation as its new Chief Executive. She will succeed Sir Mark Walport who announced in September last year that he would retire in 2020. Professor Leyser will start her new role on Monday June 29.
Survey Launches to Better Scope Open Infrastructure in Europe
Survey Launches to Better Scope Open Infrastructure in Europe
In collaboration with SPARC Europe, a survey to map Open Access (OA) and Open Science (OS) infrastructure across Europe was launched. The aim is to establish a core understanding of Europe's current field of Open resources and gain insight into their usage, durability, and adherence to core open principles and standards.
ELife Launches Service to Peer Review Preprints on BioRxiv
New initiative couples rapid release of new results with expert review.
Let's Say There's a Covid-19 Vaccine-Who Gets It First?
An immunization shot is still in development, but debate over who gets priority has already begun.
Facebook Will Pay $52 Million in Settlement with Moderators Who Developed PTSD on the Job
Facebook Will Pay $52 Million in Settlement with Moderators Who Developed PTSD on the Job
Current and former moderators will all be paid a minimum of $1,000. Selena Scola filed the case in California.
Women's Research Plummets During Lockdown - but Articles from Men Increase
Many female academics say juggling their career with coronavirus childcare is overwhelming.
How Academic Research Helps In The Fight Against The Coronavirus | Tapscape
Academic research is fundamental to learn more about the nature of the coronavirus.
The Science for Public Good Fund
If you are an early career scientist looking for ways to get involved with advocacy, or a faculty member who wants to engage your students in the role of science in democracy, the Science for Public Good Fund is for you.
The ERC: Funding Organisation and European Project
A review of some of the main characteristics that have made the ERC into the successful funding organisation that it is
Sure, the Velociraptors Are Still On the Loose, But That's No Reason Not to Reopen Jurassic Park
Sure, the Velociraptors Are Still On the Loose, But That's No Reason Not to Reopen Jurassic Park
Trump is shrugging off warnings by scientists that the easing restrictions taking place across the country could cause tens of thousands of death.
Purposes of Peer Review: A Qualitative Study of Stakeholder Expectations and Perceptions
Purposes of Peer Review: A Qualitative Study of Stakeholder Expectations and Perceptions
Authors, editors and publishers differ in their understanding of and the value they attach to the purposes of peer review.
Different worlds Confirmatory versus exploratory research
Explanation of the differences between confirmatory and exploratory research and the dangers of confusing the two concepts.
Beyond sex and gender analysis: an intersectional view of the COVID-19 pandemic outbreak and response
Spike Mutation Pipeline Reveals the Emergence of a More Transmissible Form of SARS-CoV-2
Spike Mutation Pipeline Reveals the Emergence of a More Transmissible Form of SARS-CoV-2
We have developed an analysis pipeline to facilitate real-time mutation tracking in SARS-CoV-2, focusing initially on the Spike (S) protein because it mediates infection of human cells and is the target of most vaccine strategies and antibody-based therapeutics.
Methods & Proposal for Metadata Guiding Principles for Scholarly Communications
This article describes an international community-based effort to create metadata guiding principles for adopting and using richer metadata and advancing its application in scholarly communications. These principles can facilitate the dissemination, discoverability and use/reuse of many types of research and scholarly outputs. While much work remains to be done, these principles serve as a starting point for the evolution of processes that span communities including publishers, researchers, scholars, authors and other creators, librarians, curators, custodians, and consumers of scholarly works.These aspirational Metadata 2020 Principles are designed to encompass the needs of our entire community while ensuring thoughtful, purposeful, and reusable metadata resources. They provide a framework for all of us to be good metadata citizens. They also provide a foundation for considering related work from Metadata 2020 and must be interpreted within the legal and practical context in which we operate. They are intended to guide the broadest possible cross-section of our community in improving research communications, publishing, and discoverability.
Maddox Prize Nominations - Sense About Science
The John Maddox Prize for Standing up for Science recognises the work of individuals who promote science and evidence, advancing the public discussion around difficult topics despite challenges or hostility.
The World is on Lockdown. So Where Are All the Carbon Emissions Coming From?
The air is clear, the roads are clear, and dammit greenhouse gases are stubborn.
OpenAI's Jukebox Opens the Pandora's Box of AI-Generated Music
OpenAI released Jukebox, a state-of-the-art AI model capable of generating music with vocals in the style of various artists and genres. I highlight some of my favorite samples and discuss the legality of it all.
Op-ed: Covering Science at Dangerous Speeds
Pandemics like COVID-19 call into question the benefit of news embargoes, but do reporters use the additional time to digest findings and consult experts unrelated to the study?
What Happens Next? COVID-19 Futures, Explained With Playable Simulations
An interactive guide
Oxford University Press Launches a New Open Access Journal Series
Oxford University Press (OUP) announces the first two titles in the new flagship open access journal series. The Oxford Open series launches with Oxford Open Immunology and Oxford Open Materials Science. This is an important step forward in OUP’s open access publishing programme.
Policy Briefs of the Swiss National COVID-19 Science Task Force
The Policy Briefs of the Swiss National COVID-19 Science Task Force are now available on its website. They reflect the Task Force thinking on a topic at that time and will be updated in the light of new studies or other data.
The Limitations to Our Understanding of Peer Review
Peer review is embedded in the core of our knowledge generation systems. Despite its critical importance, it curiously remains poorly understood in a number of dimensions. In order to address this, this paper assesses where the major gaps in the theoretical and empirical understanding of peer review lie.
DORA's First Funder Discussion: Updates from Swiss National Science Foundation, Wellcome Trust, and the Dutch Research Council
DORA's First Funder Discussion: Updates from Swiss National Science Foundation, Wellcome Trust, and the Dutch Research Council
DORA launched a new virtual discussion series for public and private research funders. The goal of the series is to increase communication about research assessment reform by providing a space for funders to share and discuss new initiatives, with the hope that this will ultimately serve as a platform to accelerate the spread of good research assessment policies and practices.
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