National Academy May Eject Two Famous Scientists for Sexual Harassment
Astronomer Geoff Marcy and geneticist Francisco Ayala risk losing their spots in prestigious scientific institution.
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A Self-Correcting Fallacy - Why Don't Researchers Correct Their Own Errors in the Scientific Record?
A Self-Correcting Fallacy - Why Don't Researchers Correct Their Own Errors in the Scientific Record?
Correcting mistakes and updating findings is often considered to be a key characteristic of scientific research. In practice, self-correction of published research is infrequent, difficult to achieve, and perceived to come with reputational costs.
No, It's Not The Incentives - It's You
Troubling narrative: the mere existence of perverse incentives is a valid and sufficient reason to knowingly behave in an antisocial way, just as long as one first acknowledges the existence of those perverse incentives.
In Search of Outstanding Research Advances: Prototyping the Creation of an Open Dataset of "editorial Highlights"
In Search of Outstanding Research Advances: Prototyping the Creation of an Open Dataset of "editorial Highlights"
Redesign Open Science for Asia, Africa and Latin America
Researchers in many countries need custom-built systems to do robust and transparent science.
COVID-19 Has Profoundly Changed the Way We Conduct and Share Research. Let's Not Return to Business As Usual when the Pandemic is Over!
COVID-19 Has Profoundly Changed the Way We Conduct and Share Research. Let's Not Return to Business As Usual when the Pandemic is Over!
COVID-19 has led to rapid and open sharing of research outputs. But will this new, radically open research communications paradigm result in permanent change?
More Better Science | Clothing the Emperor
More Better Science | Clothing the Emperor
This blog calls for a better scientific quality by pointing to the shortcomings in academia.
University Vs. Research Institute? The Dual Pillars of German Science Production, 1950-2010
University Vs. Research Institute? The Dual Pillars of German Science Production, 1950-2010
The world's third largest producer of scientific research, Germany, is the origin of the research university and the independent, extra-university research institute. Its dual-pillar research policy differentiates these organizational forms functionally: universities specialize in advanced research-based teaching; institutes specialize intensely on research. This article discusses the future utility of the dual-pillar policy.
Fraud, Bias, Negligence and Hype in the Lab - a Rogues' Gallery
Fraud, Bias, Negligence and Hype in the Lab - a Rogues' Gallery
Was there ever a golden age of unsullied science, as a book implies?
How NOT to Be an Academic Asshole During Covid.
Close to half of PhD students are contemplating leaving their studies in the next six months. We need to talk about quitting with kindness and empathy.
There Should Never Be Heroes in Science
Some scientists make their careers by criticising other's research. But who watches the watchmen?
How COVID-19 is Changing Research Culture: An Interview with Daniel Hook, CEO of Digital Science
How COVID-19 is Changing Research Culture: An Interview with Daniel Hook, CEO of Digital Science
In this interview Robert Harington asks Daniel Hook (CEO of Digital Science and co-author of the new Digital Science report. How COVID-19 is Changing Research Culture) about his views on fundamental shifts in research culture as a result of the COVID-19 global pandemic.
Five Ways to Ensure That Models Serve Society: a Manifesto
Five Ways to Ensure That Models Serve Society: a Manifesto
Pandemic politics highlight how predictions need to be transparent and humble to invite insight, not blame.
Value People As Well As Papers to Improve Research Culture
As scientists, we try to make sure our research is rigorous so that we can avoid costly errors. We should take the same approach to tackle issues in research culture, says Professor Christopher Jackson.
How COVID-19 is Changing Research Culture
The research world has moved faster than many would have suspected possible in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. In five months, a volume of work has been generated that even the most intensive of emergent fields have taken years to create.In our new report, How COVID-19 is Changing Research Culture, we investigate the research landscape trends and cultural changes in response to COVID-19. The report includes analysis of publication trends, geographic focal points of research, and collaboration patterns.
Systemic Racism: Science Must Listen, Learn and Change
Nature commits to working to end anti-Black practices in research.
How Scientific Conferences Will Survive the Coronavirus Shock
Virtual meetings are becoming the norm under COVID-19 and winning over many researchers: part 3 in a series on science after the pandemic.
Good Science Is Good Science
For the sake of both science and action in the COVID-19 pandemic, we need collaboration among specialists, not sects.
Science Has an Ugly, Complicated Dark Side. And the Coronavirus is Bringing It Out.
Science Has an Ugly, Complicated Dark Side. And the Coronavirus is Bringing It Out.
Experts say the pandemic is letting bad science slip through the cracks.
Authors Overestimate Their Contribution to Scientific Work, Demonstrating a Strong Bias
Authors Overestimate Their Contribution to Scientific Work, Demonstrating a Strong Bias
Teamwork is an essential component of science. It affords the exchange of ideas and the execution of research that can entail high levels of complexity and scope.
When Science Needs Self-Correcting
Admitting scientific errors is hard. It's also important.
'A Completely New Culture of Doing Research.' Coronavirus Outbreak Changes How Scientists Communicate
'A Completely New Culture of Doing Research.' Coronavirus Outbreak Changes How Scientists Communicate
Preprint servers and journals are working overtime to keep up with a "firehose" of data.
Scientists Are Curious and Passionate and Ready to Argue
A robot career adviser's personality assessment, based on analysis of tweets.
Racial Microaggressions In Science
What are racial microaggressions and how do they appear within science communities?
Stagnation and Scientific Incentives
This paper presents a simple model of the lifecycle of scientific ideas that points to changes in scientist incentives as the cause of scientific stagnation. It explores ways to broaden how scientific productivity is measured and rewarded, involving both academic search engines such as Google Scholar measuring which contributions explore newer ideas and university administrators and funding agencies utilizing these new metrics in research evaluation.
Out of Office Replies and What They Can Say About You
An automated e-mail response posted by an academic researcher on Twitter unleashed a social-media debate about the importance of work-life balance.
People Will Not Trust Unkind Science
A mean and aggressive research working culture threatens the public's respect for scientists and their expertise, says Gail Cardew.
Stress, Anxiety, Harassment: Huge Survey Reveals Pressures of Scientists' Working Lives
Stress, Anxiety, Harassment: Huge Survey Reveals Pressures of Scientists' Working Lives
Global study highlights long hours, poor job security and mental-health struggles.
Journal Brand and Research Culture
Opinion: Things are not right in the culture of research, and that this is ultimately to the detriment of research. Two issues emerge: the huge complexity of the research ecosystem, and the related problem of collective action that this complexity creates.
How Scientists Are Coping with 'ecological Grief'
Scientists reveal how they are dealing with a profound sense of loss as the climate emergency worsens.
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