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STEMM Equality Congress (SEC) is an annual two day event that looks at ways of addressing equality and diversity in STEMM through policy, practice and collaboration. 2018's Congress will be held in Amsterdam.
Here's a list of more cultural things we can do to reduce the stress/pressure around the reproducibility crisis.
Claiming overreach by a new publisher, the journal’s editorial board asks for disciplinary action from the National Library of Medicine.
An article has come to light that has been cited in nearly 400 academic studies and scientific papers. There’s just one problem: it doesn’t exist.
Industry chemist Nathan Allen spends his spare time creating a place for open, civil debate about science online.
Professor Aled Edwards asks why we need an Intellectual Property law.
A new system must build cross-sector collaboration, lower barriers to working together, and create excitement and tangible know-how to attract investment.
More than 100 educational institutions, including some of the world's most prestigious, appear linked to blocker funds and other offshore investments.
Last week another nonprofit platform called ScholarlyHub announced its plans for a site where researchers can also exchange ideas and work—if they pay a subscription fee.
Linking associated research outputs.
Inspiration from influential European academics on Open Access.
The African Academy of Sciences, in partnership with F1000, is launching a publication platform, AAS Open Research.
Does press coverage ever lead to papers’ rejection?
Short summary of white paper that shows how sloppy writing and sloppy quality control lead to a non-existing article being cited nearly 400 times.
Investigating the implementation of data management and sharing requirements within development research projects.
Imagine succinct, up-to-date information, not for software projects but for modern research publications.
What are the effects of geographical variations in personal and corporate taxes on the location decisions of innovative individuals and companies?
If nations and their research institutions are to produce more impactful science, they need to encourage scientists to travel, collaborate and work across borders.
ECNP’s Preclinical Data Forum has announced the world’s first prize of 10,000 EUR for publishing ‘negative’ scientific results.
While part of the original motivation of the first research publication in serial form — the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society in 1665 — was to make money, the early history of scholarly publishing is largely one of community subsidy to cover losses or breaking even.
