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Scholarly Communication in Sociology
An introduction to scholarly communication for sociology, intended to help sociologists in their careers, while advancing an inclusive, open, equitable, and sustainable scholarly knowledge ecosystem.
Standing Up To Be A Force Of Change: Q&A with Joe Lucia of Temple University - SPARC
Serbia Joins CERN As Its 23rd Member State
Today, CERN welcomes Serbia as its 23rd Member State, following receipt of formal notification from UNESCO that Serbia has acceded to the CERN Convention.
Distributed Organisations for Collaborative Research
This essay proposes how distributed Web technologies are poised to enable an entirely new way of communication and cooperation among scientist and citizens.
Open Letter from History Journal Editors in Response to Consultation on Plan S
Open Letter from History Journal Editors in Response to Consultation on Plan S
Concerns about some key aspects of Plan S and about their workability in practice, particularly within the landscape of the Humanities, are presented, along with a call for closer consideration of the differential impacts and possible unintended consequences of the ambitious plans laid out in the Guidance document.
OSI Brief: Deceptive Publishing
Deceptive publishing (aka predatory publishing) has been a growing problem for years now. What do we know about it? How should we respond?
#DontLeaveItToGoogle: How Open Infrastructures Enable Continuous Innovation in the Research Workflow
#DontLeaveItToGoogle: How Open Infrastructures Enable Continuous Innovation in the Research Workflow
Closed and proprietary infrastructures limit the accessibility of research, often putting paywalls in front of scientific knowledge. But they also severely limit reuse, preventing other tools from building on top of their software, data, and content. The presentation demonstrates how open infrastructures can help us move beyond this issue and create an ecosystem that is community-driven and community-owned.
An Interview With the Plan S Implementation Committee's David Sweeney
'My question for those who say it's too tight a time scale,' says Plan S task force co-chair David Sweeney, 'is how long do you want?'
Science Should Be More Helpful to New Parents
We need paid leave so young researchers can start families without abandoning STEM careers.
5 Million Hypothesis Annotations
Hypothesis has reached a remarkable new milestone: five million annotations.
Horizon Europe Will Connect the Public to European Science - Carlos Moedas
The next European science and research funding programme, known as Horizon Europe, is designed to connect people with the achievements financed by their tax money, and to fix problems with innovation funding, according to Carlos Moedas, the European Commissioner for Research, Science and Innovation.
EPFL and ETHZ Introduce a Joint Master's Degree in Cyber Security
The two technical universities have teamed up to offer a new Master’s program that will train cyber security engineers. The program will kick off in the 2019–20 school year.
Sign the Petition: Support the UC's "publish & Read" Proposal to Elsevier
Sign the Petition: Support the UC's "publish & Read" Proposal to Elsevier
An Open Letter to Elsevier and the Editorial Boards of Elsevier Journal
The Time Efficiency Gain in Sharing and Reuse of Research Data
Sharing research data can cause an efficiency revenue for the scientific community. However, this is not a given in all modeled scenarios.
"Subscribe to Open" As a Model for Voting with Our Dollars - IO: In The Open
"Subscribe to Open" As a Model for Voting with Our Dollars - IO: In The Open
How can academic libraries "vote with their dollars"?
Open Access Task Force Releases Draft Recommendations
The MIT community is invited to comment on ways to increase sharing of research, data, software, and more.
Education and Science Giant Elsevier Left Users' Passwords Exposed Online
Education and Science Giant Elsevier Left Users' Passwords Exposed Online
Due a to a misconfigured server, a researcher found a constant stream of Elsevier users' passwords.
Inspiration, Humility, Hope, and Sadness: Reflections on the Youth Climate Strike
Last Friday, hundreds of thousands of students in the United States and around the world were out in the streets rather than in their classrooms, demanding that our political leaders address the climate crisis with the urgency and focused action that the science so clearly demands.
"A Toxic Culture of Overwork": Inside the Graduate Student Mental Health Crisis
"A Toxic Culture of Overwork": Inside the Graduate Student Mental Health Crisis
The mental health crisis extends into the ways counseling and psychological services are provided and into the intrinsic nature of graduate education.
Legal Issues in Dealing with Research Data
New guides for researchers and project coordinators will be presented during the webinar on 29 March 2019.
Statement of Scientists and Scholars Concerning the Protests for More Climate Protection - #scientists4future
Statement of Scientists and Scholars Concerning the Protests for More Climate Protection - #scientists4future
The concerns of the young protesters are justified.
Perking Up Peer Review: Hindawi Partners with Publons
Hindawi partners with Publons to improve and speed up the peer review process.
Norwegian Research Institutions Have Decided Not to Renew Their Agreement with Elsevier
Norwegian Research Institutions Have Decided Not to Renew Their Agreement with Elsevier
The offer from Elsevier is a long way from fulfilling the Norwegian requirements for open access to research articles. There is also no movement in transitioning the agreement from paying to read to paying for open publishing. Norwegian research institutions will therefore not renew the agreement with Elsevier for 2019.
Science and Politics: Can Research into Legislative Decision-making Help to Address Food Security?
Science and Politics: Can Research into Legislative Decision-making Help to Address Food Security?
Policymakers need to be encouraged to take a scientic approach when drawing up legislation to boost food security, according to a panel of experts.
Debunking Pseudo-science | Canadian Lawyer Mag
For those trained in the sciences and the practice of law, where skepticism, logical reasoning and critical thinking are the most closely held tools to guide them through life, it's vexing to witness seemingly intelligent people duped by pseudo-scientific nutrition advice and treatments for illnesses with no evidence of effectiveness.
Lost Knowledge: Open Science is One Solution to Hidden Data
The progress of science depends on how we preserve and share what we know.
I Am Not a Woman in Science. I Am a Scientist.
What does it mean to you, being a female scientist? Twenty women share their thoughts.
Scott Gottlieb's Sudden Resignation Will Give Biotech a Panic Attack - STAT
Scott Gottlieb's Sudden Resignation Will Give Biotech a Panic Attack - STAT
With Gottlieb on his way out, many will recall the other frontrunners before he got the job who were eager to dismantle the FDA oversight process.
International Differences in Basic Research Grant Funding - a Systematic Comparison
International Differences in Basic Research Grant Funding - a Systematic Comparison
Using a structured systematic comparative approach, this study analyses differences in basic research grant funding between the main academic research funding agency of Germany and the main agencies of five other countries, including the Swiss National Science Foundation.