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Who Reviews for Predatory Journals? A Study on Reviewer Characteristics
Who Reviews for Predatory Journals? A Study on Reviewer Characteristics
While the characteristics of scholars who publish in predatory journals are relatively well-understood, nothing is known about the scholars who review for these journals. This article aims to shed light on the reviewers for predatory journals.
Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19)
Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) is a new global problem. This is our overview of the early research and data on the outbreak. We will extend this page in the days ahead.
How Canceled Events and Self-quarantines Save Lives, in One Chart
This is how we all help slow the spread of coronavirus.
COVID-19: Funding Bodies Around the World Pledge New Money for Virus Research
COVID-19: Funding Bodies Around the World Pledge New Money for Virus Research
Research charities Wellcome Trust and the Gates Foundation announced they are joining forces with the credit card company MasterCard in a $125 million push to speed up development of drugs for treating COVID-19 infections, in the latest example of the rush to fund research into the novel coronavirus.
Why Do People Migrate In Europe? A New Online Tool Explains
Universities and research organisations have joined forces to develop a new interactive tool that explores how free movement has affected EU economies and societies.
Does Closing Schools Slow the Spread of Coronavirus? Past Outbreaks Provide Clues
A researcher who forecasts epidemic spread argues that proactive closures, though disruptive, could help.
A Disease Tracker Backed by Gates and Zuckerberg Tackles Covid-19 in Cambodia
A Disease Tracker Backed by Gates and Zuckerberg Tackles Covid-19 in Cambodia
The two tech titans funded an effort to bring metagenomic sequencing and software to poor countries. Now, it's helping trace the spread of the new coronavirus.
Making a Plan When Planning Is Impossible
Travel bans, office closures, and conference cancellations have publishers and societies thinking about how best to ensure that scholarly content continues to be reviewed and distributed. This post by Angela Cochran looks at some of the impacts and questions whether.
Reimbursement Policies Make Academia Less Inclusive
Paying conference expenses up front from personal accounts is a significant burden, this grad student writes
Savants Ou Militants ? Le Dilemme Des Chercheurs Face à La Crise écologique
Ils signent pétitions et tribunes pour alerter sur le réchauffement climatique et la dégradation de la biodiversité, pourtant, leur incursion dans le débat public n'a rien d'évident. A l'heure des " fake news ", la communauté scientifique questionne le bien-fondé de son engagement.
Preventing Spread of SARS Coronavirus-2 in Humans
Göttingen infection researchers identify a potential drug.
Research Data Management As a National Service
The volume of data stored in research institutions is growing, and the rate at which it is growing is accelerating. Spending and effort and resources are being duplicated needlessly, and so this opinion piece argues for the establishment of a national infrastructure for research data management.
Get Political Reporters off the Coronavirus Story Because They Don't Distinguish Between Right and Wrong
Get Political Reporters off the Coronavirus Story Because They Don't Distinguish Between Right and Wrong
News organizations should take political reporters – and perhaps even more importantly, political editors – entirely out of the loop on this story. It’s too important to be covered as a two-sided battle over who’s winning the narrative.
The [R]evolution of Open Science Book Now Available for Free
Jonathan Tennant's latest book, The [R]evolution of Open Science, is now available online for free.
Empfehlungen für eine nationale Open-Science-Strategie in Österreich
Die Arbeitsgruppe Open-Science-Strategie des Open Science Network Austria (OANA) hat Empfehlungen für eine nationale Open Science Strategie in Österreich erarbeitet und lädt ein, das Dokument bis zum 05.04.2020 online zu annotieren bzw. zu kommentieren.
A tale of two 'opens': intersections between Free and Open Source Software and Open Scholarship
A tale of two 'opens': intersections between Free and Open Source Software and Open Scholarship
There is no clear-cut boundary between Free and Open Source Software and Open Scholarship, and the histories, practices, and fundamental principles between the two remain complex. In this study, we critically appraise the intersections and differences between the two movements.
Making Sense of Preprint Versions
Europe PMC has made changes to make sense of preprint versions.
The Ultimate Open Access Timeline
What happened instead of us sitting down and thinking how we could spend our money in the most technologically savvy way to the benefit of science, scholars and society. A generation later, roughly US$300 billion poorer and none the wiser, it seems.
Registration is Open for the Women in Technology Mentoring Programme
After the success of the first two rounds, Women in Technology is organising the third year of WIT Mentoring.
To Help 'left Behind' Britain, More Adults Need to Feel Able to Go to University
To Help 'left Behind' Britain, More Adults Need to Feel Able to Go to University
Adult learning is at a 20-year low because mature students can't study flexibly. This must change
Shortage of Personal Protective Equipment Endangering Health Workers Worldwide
WHO calls on industry and governments to increase manufacturing by 40 per cent to meet rising global demand.
How China's New Policy May Change Researchers' Publishing Behavior
How China's New Policy May Change Researchers' Publishing Behavior
A researcher from the Wuhan University of China offers a view of how Chinese researchers are reacting and are likely to alter their behavior in response to new policies governing research evaluation.
Conference on "Reproducibility, Replicability and Trust in Science"
Conference on "Reproducibility, Replicability and Trust in Science"
This new meeting at the Wellcome Genome Campus will bring together an international audience of researchers motivated to improve the robustness of scientific research.
Who is Getting Sick? A Look at Coronavirus Risk by Age, Gender, and More
Who is Getting Sick? A Look at Coronavirus Risk by Age, Gender, and More
For a variety of reasons, researchers want to figure out who's most at risk of being infected and who's most at risk of developing severe illness.
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