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The Role of Science in the News (and Elsewhere)
Did COVID change the way the public, and the scientists, interpret and discuss scientific results? Statisticians think it looks like the same old problems prevail, only inflated.
Enabling the Future of Academic Research with the Twitter API
Today, we're excited to launch the Academic Research product track on the new Twitter API.
Portugal's National Funding Agency for Science, Research and Technology Joins COAlition S
Portugal's National Funding Agency for Science, Research and Technology Joins COAlition S
cOAlition S is pleased to announce that the Foundation for Science and Technology of Portugal (FCT) is the latest national funding agency for science, research, and technology to join the coalition and demonstrate its commitment to the realisation of full and immediate Open Access. Portugal's forward-thinking approach on Open Access is widely acknowledged across Europe […]
Geologist Finds Rare Formation Inside Rock That Looks Exactly Like Cookie Monster on Sesame Street
Geologist Finds Rare Formation Inside Rock That Looks Exactly Like Cookie Monster on Sesame Street
Geologists have found a rare formation inside a rock that looks just like the Cookie Monster character from Sesame Street.
AI-based Citation Evaluation Tools: Good, Bad or Ugly?
What are the pitfalls of using AI as a citation evaluation tool?
Ten Computer Codes That Transformed Science
From Fortran to arXiv.org, these advances in programming and platforms sent biology, climate science and physics into warp speed.
From Horizon 2020 to Horizon Europe: Why It is Not Yet "business As Usual" for UK Universities
From Horizon 2020 to Horizon Europe: Why It is Not Yet "business As Usual" for UK Universities
Thanks to the Brexit deal, it is likely that UK researchers will gain access to the Horizon Europe programme and EU research funding. Will this suffice for UK higher education institutions to return to pre-Brexit participation levels?
The Environmental Justice Movement Moves Front and Center in the Biden Administration
The Environmental Justice Movement Moves Front and Center in the Biden Administration
The voice of environmental justice, once lonely in the wilderness of systemic racism, is now helping shape President Biden's cabinet with nominees pledging to restore environmental and public health protections dismantled by the previous administration.
High-profile Chinese Scientist Cleared of Fraud and Plagiarism Charges Involving More Than 60 Papers
High-profile Chinese Scientist Cleared of Fraud and Plagiarism Charges Involving More Than 60 Papers
Cao Xuetao, president of Nankai University, will be barred from applying for grants for lax lab management.
Raincloud Plots: a Multi-Platform Tool For Robust Data Visualization
Raincloud Plots: a Multi-Platform Tool For Robust Data Visualization
These “raincloud plots” can visualize raw data, probability density, and key summary statistics such as median, mean, and relevant confidence intervals in an appealing and flexible format with minimal redundancy.
Two Masks Are the New Masks
Double-masking is a sensible and easy way to lower your risk when you have to spend more time around others - in a taxi, on a train or plane, or at an inauguration.
Model-Informed COVID-19 Vaccine Prioritization Strategies by Age and Serostatus
Model-Informed COVID-19 Vaccine Prioritization Strategies by Age and Serostatus
Limited initial supply of SARS-CoV-2 vaccine raises the question of how to prioritize available doses. The authors used a mathematical model to compare five age-stratified prioritization strategies.
Campus or Platform - What Shape Will the Post-COVID University Take?
Campus or Platform - What Shape Will the Post-COVID University Take?
Online learning is fragmenting the traditional model of the university as a single site for both education and research. In this blog, it is discussed how this digital transition is reshaping universities.
Journal Checker Tool: Plan S Compliance Validator
JCT enables researchers to check whether they can comply with their funders Plan S aligned OA policy based on the journal, the funder and the institution affiliated with the research to be published.
'Inspired Choice': Biden Appoints Sociologist to Top Science Post
Scientists praise US president's pick of Alondra Nelson, a specialist in bioethics and social inequality.
Eric Lander Is Not the Ideal Choice for Presidential Science Adviser
Despite a long list of supremely qualified people who could inspire a whole new generation of scientists, the glass ceiling in American science remains intact.
SSH Open Marketplace: Beta Release
The SSH Open Marketplace is discovery portal designed to offer social sciences and humanities researchers the tools, software, datasets, training materials, and workflows they need to manage their data.
Advancing Open Access in the Netherlands After 2020: From Quantity to Quality
Advancing Open Access in the Netherlands After 2020: From Quantity to Quality
The paper explores options to further open access in the Netherlands from 2021. Its premise is that there is a need to look at qualitative aspects of open access, alongside quantitative ones.
Improving Opportunities for New Value of Open Data
Improving Opportunities for New Value of Open Data
Investments in research that produce scientific and scholarly data can be leveraged by enabling the resulting research data products and services to be used by broader communities and for new purposes.
ELife and COVID-19: Data Deposition Required for All C19 Rapid Review Publishers
The Altmetric Top 100 - 2020
What research caught the public imagination in 2020? Check out Altmetrics' annual list of papers with the most attention.
New Public Data File: 120+ Million Metadata Records
2020 wasn't all bad. In April of last year, we released our first public data file. Though Crossref metadata is always openly available--and our board recently cemented this by voting to adopt the Principles of Open Scholarly Infrastructure (POSI)--we've decided to release an updated file.
A 'Nerve Center' for Climate in the Biden White House
Joseph R. Biden Jr. will bring with him the largest team of climate change experts ever assembled in the White House, and action on global warming is expected quickly.
A Bitter Archaeological Feud Over an Ancient Vision of the Cosmos
The Nebra sky disk, which has been called the oldest known depiction of astronomical phenomena, is a "very emotional object."
A Surprise in a 50 Million-Year-Old Assassin Bug Fossil: Its Genitals
Scientists were surprised to find the insect's preserved penis, which suggests it was an unknown species.