Taiwan Considers Double-blind Peer Review for Grants
If the system is adopted, reviewers and applicants will be anonymous, in an attempt to make selection fairer.
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'A Loss for Both Sides' if Swiss Excluded from EU R&D
The president of Switzerland's top-ranked university warned that both Switzerland and the European Union would lose out if his country were excluded from the next big EU research programme.
Innovation in Citizen Science Using Machine Learning
An interdisciplinary team has come up with a mobile app for identifying plants based on users taking a photo of the plant on their mobile. For Citizen Science the enthusiastic engagement of the public with Flora Incognita shows a clear path forward for more widespread uses of machine learning in public participation with science and scholarship, and in knowledge creation.
The Politics of Open Access in Action
Open access is a movement constituted by conflict and disagreement rather than consensus and harmony. Given just how much disagreement there is about strategies, definitions, goals, etc., it is incredible that open access has successfully transformed the publishing landscape.
New Tool and Dataset Make Permissions Checking Easier, Faster, and Clearer for Libraries.
New Tool and Dataset Make Permissions Checking Easier, Faster, and Clearer for Libraries.
Together with librarians, we’re building a new way to perform permissions checking that is backed by a modern approach and informed by a decade of experience and open, community-editable, machine-readable data.
Building Shareyourpaper.org to Make Self-archiving the Simplest Way to Increase a Paper's Impact.
Building Shareyourpaper.org to Make Self-archiving the Simplest Way to Increase a Paper's Impact.
Introducing shareyourpaper.org, the simplest way for authors to legally self-archive and for your library to fill your repository.
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. We want to support the next generation of science advocacy leaders today.
How Gold Open Access May Make Things Worse
The article processing charge (APC)-based version of ‘gold’ OA could be a looming threat that may deteriorate the situation even beyond the abysmal state scholarly publishing is already in right now.
Three Randomized Controlled Trials Evaluating the Impact of "spin" in Health News Stories Reporting Studies of Pharmacologic Treatments on Patients'/Caregivers' Interpretation of Treatment Benefit
Three Randomized Controlled Trials Evaluating the Impact of "spin" in Health News Stories Reporting Studies of Pharmacologic Treatments on Patients'/Caregivers' Interpretation of Treatment Benefit
Spin in health news stories reporting studies of pharmacologic treatments affects patients’/caregivers’ interpretation.
Metadata2020 Survey
The purpose of this study is to understand the familiarity and usage of metadata by those who use metadata in the process of preparing, publishing, cataloging, or sharing research papers, media and other associated objects in scholarly communications.
New Preprint Server for the Health Sciences Announced Today
medRxiv aims to meet the unique preprint needs of the clinical research community with a free, non-profit service.
Globalisation, Localisation and Glocalisation of University-Business Research Cooperation: General Patterns and Trends in the UK University System
Globalisation, Localisation and Glocalisation of University-Business Research Cooperation: General Patterns and Trends in the UK University System
Exploratory study presenting a new systematic way of looking at ‘university-business interactions’ in the UK university system.
COAlition S Appoints Jisc Expert to Accelerate Open Access
Neil Jacobs, Head of Open Science and research lifecycle at UK not-for-profit, Jisc, has been appointed as interim programme manager for cOAlition S.
PRESS RELEASE: Researchers Respond to Revised Guidance for Plan S
The European Council of Doctoral Candidates and Junior Researchers (Eurodoc), the Marie Curie Alumni Association (MCAA), and the Young Academy of Europe (YAE) jointly welcome the revised implementation guidance for Plan S.
Theme of 2019 International Open Access Week To Be "Open for Whom? Equity in Open Knowledge"
Theme of 2019 International Open Access Week To Be "Open for Whom? Equity in Open Knowledge"
As the transition to a system for sharing knowledge that is open by default accelerates, the question “open for whom?” is essential—both to consider and to act upon.
Book Release: Science Policy Under Thatcher
Book Release: Science Policy Under Thatcher
Science Policy under Thatcher is the first book to examine systematically the interplay of science and government under Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher's leadership.
Negotiating with Scholarly Journal Publishers: A Toolkit
A North American framework for creating transformative change in the scholarly publishing industry based on initial insights from the University of California's 2018-19 negotiations with Elsevier.
The Significant Difference in Impact
This paper analyses usage statistics, citation data and altmetrics from a university press publishing open access monographs. The data suggests, despite the small sample, that authors can to a greater extent influence how their book is discovered by the readership.
Chief Scientist Calls for Formal Action to Bake in Better Research Practices
"Our focus has to shift from quantity to quality…we must abandon the assumption that a passive apprenticeship system works" Dr Finkel calls for formal action in Nature journal to improve better research practices. Nature published an article by Dr Finkel on 19 February 2019 on how to move research from quantity to
Wellcome Updates Open Access Policy to Align with COAlition S
Following a large consultation, have updated our open access (OA) policy so it now aligns with Plan S. The changes will apply from 1 January 2021.
Fighting the Gender Stereotypes That Warp Biomedical Research
Female animals were once deemed too hormonal and messy for science. Some scientists warn it's not enough to just use more female lab rats.
COAlition S Releases Revised Implementation Guidance on Plan S Following Public Feedback Exercise
COAlition S Releases Revised Implementation Guidance on Plan S Following Public Feedback Exercise
Interdisciplinary Comparison of Scientific Impact of Publications Using the Citation Ratio
Interdisciplinary Comparison of Scientific Impact of Publications Using the Citation Ratio
Article concludes that the Citation Ratio is a useful and promising tool for comparing scientific impact of publications across disciplines and potentially for interdisciplinary works.
Altruism or Self-Interest? Exploring the Motivations of Open Access Authors
Altruism or Self-Interest? Exploring the Motivations of Open Access Authors
Analysis of survey results and publication data from Scopus suggests that the following factors led authors to choose OA venues: ability to pay publishing charges, disciplinary colleagues’ positive attitudes toward OA, and personal feelings such as altruism and desire to reach a wide audience. Tenure status was not an apparent factor.
Gene Therapy May Have Its First Blockbuster
Gene therapy achieves a milestone. Novartis will sell the world’s most expensive drug, a treatment called Zolgensma to treat spinal muscular atrophy.
The University Has Become an Anxiety Machine
There has recently been a significant amount of media concern surrounding the poor mental health of academics. This extended paper sets out the scale of the problem and examines the factors which academics have identified as key causes of stress.
An (Even More) Inconvenient Truth: Why Carbon Credits For Forest Preservation May Be Worse Than Nothing
An (Even More) Inconvenient Truth: Why Carbon Credits For Forest Preservation May Be Worse Than Nothing
The hunger for these offsets is blinding us to the mounting pile of evidence that they haven't - and won't - deliver the climate benefit they promise.
Are Preprints Paving the Way to Science in Real Time?
It is undeniable that preprints are a growing force in the scholarly communication landscape - but what does their future look like?
PLOS Journals Now OPEN for Published Peer Review
Published peer review is now an available option for all PLOS journal submissions.
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