The Problem With Promoting 'Gold Standard Science'
Branding scientific research with a simplified label risks misleading the public and harming scientific literacy.
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Let Unfunded Grant Applications See the Light of Day
Showing which proposals do and don't receive federal funding can improve research and advance open science.
New Minister Aims to Find 'black Holes' in Romania's Research System
After more than three decades of reliance on foreign direct investments and EU funds, Romania should be looking towards a new economic model based on the production of knowledge and advanced technologies, says Daniel David, who became the country's education and research minister in December. But that would require a reconfiguration of Romania's entire research system, including the merger of low-performing institutions and a new classification system for universities, David told Science|Business in an interview.
12 Recommendations To Protect the Integrity of Survey Research
Science requires data, and survey research is one important means of gathering it. Surveys provide a scientific way of acquiring information that is used to inform policy decisions, guide political campaigns, clarify the needs of stakeholders, enhance customer service, help society understand itself
Neuropsychopharmacology's Approach Toward Improving Rigor and Transparency in Clinical Trials Research
Neuropsychopharmacology's Approach Toward Improving Rigor and Transparency in Clinical Trials Research
NPP is committed to consistent and thorough reporting of clinical research which is essential for rigor, reproducibility, transparency, interpretation, and generalizability of published results to the broader human population.
UK 'DARPA' Should Let the Sunshine in
There's too much secrecy behind ARIA, the United Kingdom's ambitious planned agency for high-risk, high-reward research funding.
Thinktank ohne Kontrolle: Kauft sich Milliardär Alfred Schindler ein Uni-Institut?
Thinktank ohne Kontrolle: Kauft sich Milliardär Alfred Schindler ein Uni-Institut?
Mit privaten Mitteln gründen Liberale an der Uni Luzern eine Denkfabrik. Wie viel Geld geflossen ist und was sie vorhaben, verraten die Involvierten nicht.
FDA and NIH Let Clinical Trial Sponsors Keep Results Secret and Break the Law
FDA and NIH Let Clinical Trial Sponsors Keep Results Secret and Break the Law
Science investigation of ClinicalTrials.gov reveals that federal promises to enforce trial transparency have been ineffective.
Journals' Instructions to Authors: A Cross-sectional Study Across Scientific Disciplines
Journals' Instructions to Authors: A Cross-sectional Study Across Scientific Disciplines
Study investigated 19 topics related to transparency in reporting and research integrity. Only three topics were addressed in more than one third of scientific journals' Instructions to Authors.
Universities and Research Transparency: Are Times Changing?
As journals, societies, and funders have engaged with the reproducibility movement, we are starting to see early signs that university policies are moving in the right direction as well.
Progressing Towards Transparency - More Journals Join Wiley's Transparent Peer Review Pilot
Progressing Towards Transparency - More Journals Join Wiley's Transparent Peer Review Pilot
Wiley claim they are committed to moving towards greater openness and reproducibility of research, including increasing transparency in peer review
How Freely Should Scientists Share Their Data?
How Freely Should Scientists Share Their Data?
The Open Science movement champions transparency, but how much and how quickly is a matter of dispute.
The Dark Sides of Open Science
In this controversial opinion piece, German science expert Stefan Hornbostel argues that some transparency is good for science - but too much can backfire, reducing the efficiency and quality of research and eroding public trust.
Digital Open Science - Teaching Digital Tools for Reproducible and Transparent Research
Digital Open Science - Teaching Digital Tools for Reproducible and Transparent Research
An introductory course that guides students towards a reproducible science workflow.
Hidden Conflicts? Pharma Payments to FDA Advisers After Drug Approvals Spark Ethical Concerns
Hidden Conflicts? Pharma Payments to FDA Advisers After Drug Approvals Spark Ethical Concerns
In examining compensation records from drug companies to physicians who advised FDA, Science found widespread after-the-fact payments or research support to panel members. The agency's safeguards against potential conflicts of interest are not designed to prevent such future financial ties.
US EPA Science Advisers Question ‘Secret Science’ Rule on Data Transparency
US EPA Science Advisers Question ‘Secret Science’ Rule on Data Transparency
Independent board will review agency decisions to repeal or change climate regulations and rules on the use of non-public data.
Advocating for Publishing Peer Review
Perspectives on the benefits of open peer review, and responding to concerns.
Re-Envisioning a Future in Scholarly Communication
The scholarly process is ridden with single points of failures at all stages.
Major Global Research Funders Take Strong Lead on Clinical Trial Transparency
Major Global Research Funders Take Strong Lead on Clinical Trial Transparency
Some of the world’s largest research funders and NGOs today agreed to adopt the WHO's strong standards on clinical trial transparency.
Funders Need to Take More Responsibility for the Efficiency of the Research They Fund
Funders Need to Take More Responsibility for the Efficiency of the Research They Fund
A new study has found that funding agencies are not as open as they could be about what they are doing to prevent this waste and that governments responsible for the public money they distribute are not holding them to account.
Transparent Peer Review One Year On
The majority of our authors are opting in to publish reviewer reports of their papers.
How open government data creates smarter societies
Why government leaders should publish the reams of data they’re collecting — and why citizens everywhere should push them to do so.
Cultural conundrum
The Chinese government’s professed commitment to transparency and responsiveness has had a rocky start.
May excessive transparency damage Science?
Science self-regulation allows detecting more quickly and accurately methodological flaws, fraudulent results and conflicts of interest that may affect the credibility of the discovery. However, it also opens room for disproportionate reactions.
The transformative nature of transparency in research funding
A survey of policies at major research funders found that there is room for more transparency in the process of grant review, which would strengthen the case for the efficiency of public spending on research.
Good governance powers innovation
Corruption is a barrier to innovation. Greater scrutiny of public spending is needed if science and technology are to fulfil their potential.
Grant application review
On the legitimacy of Peer Review and transparency policies at funding agencies.
Wie Erfolg uns süchtig macht
Kein Wissenschaftler sieht sich gern als bestechlich an. Doch Manipulation und Einflussnahme laufen sehr subtil ab, erklärt Professor Thomas Kliche in der "duz". Der Trick: Auch Korruption kann zu Beginn noch ganz moralisch wirken.
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