Open Science Isn't Always Open to All Scientists
Current efforts to make research more accessible and transparent can reinforce inequality within STEM professions.
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"Blacklists" and "Whitelists" to Tackle Predatory Publishing: A Cross-Sectional Comparison and Thematic Analysis
"Blacklists" and "Whitelists" to Tackle Predatory Publishing: A Cross-Sectional Comparison and Thematic Analysis
Despite growing awareness of predatory publishing and research on its market characteristics, the defining attributes of fraudulent journals remain controversial. The authors aimed to develop a better understanding of quality criteria for scholarly journals by analysing journals and publishers indexed in blacklists of predatory journals and whitelists of legitimate journals and the lists’ inclusion criteria.
What Scientists Need to Know About FAIR Data
Following these guiding principles for sharing data can help researchers get ahead.
The Brazilian Reproducibility Initiative
A project to assess the reproducibility of findings in biomedical science by researchers based in Brazil has been published.
Why We Need to Report More Than 'Data Were Analyzed by t-tests or ANOVA'
Why We Need to Report More Than 'Data Were Analyzed by t-tests or ANOVA'
Many papers in basic biomedical science do not contain the information that is needed to determine what statistical tests were used and to verify the results of these tests.
Women Are Winning More Scientific Prizes, But Men Still Win the Most Prestigious Ones
We Have A Long Way To Go Before Women Are Equally Represented In The Sciences
February 11th was International Women and Girls in Science Day, but despite the best efforts of many parents, teachers, and policymakers over the last two decades the numbers are still dismal.
EUA Releases Preview of 2nd Big Deals Survey Report
EUA has published a preview of the results of the latest edition of its Big Deals survey.
The Women Who Contributed to Science but Were Buried in Footnotes
In a new study, researchers uncovered female programmers who made important but unrecognized contributions to genetics.
Taking Stock of the Feedback on Plan S Implementation Guidance
With thousand of pages of feedback on the Plans S implementation guidance, what themes emerged that might guide next steps?
Overdue: a US Advisory Board for Research Integrity
Research needs an authoritative forum to hash out collective problems, argue C. K. Gunsalus, Marcia K. McNutt and colleagues.
Accurately Analysing Diversity in Research - Digital Science
This article by Dr Hélène Draux, Research Data Scientist at Digital Science, and Dr Suze Kundu, Head of Public Engagement at Digital Science takes note of 11th February, the annual International Day of Women and Girls in Science.
International Day of Women and Girls in Science
On 11 February, the United Nations, partners worldwide, women and girls will mark the International Day of Women and Girls in Science.
PLOS Provides Feedback on the Implementation of Plan S | The Official PLOS Blog
PLOS Provides Feedback on the Implementation of Plan S | The Official PLOS Blog
PLOS welcomes Plan S as a 'decisive step towards the realisation of full open access'1, in particular the push it provides towards realization of a research process based on the principles of open science.
How to Use Twitter to Further Your Research Career
The social-media platform is often a tool for procrastination, says Jet-Sing M. Lee. But what else can it be?
Celebrating Women and Girls in Science
February 11 was the International Day of Women and Girls in Science. This year, it was marked by a joint statement celebrating women’s achievements in science from Europe’s eight EIROforum laboratories.
The Information System Supporting Research
Access to expert commentary and insight - and an invitation to co-create the system of the future
Where Do Our Graduates Go? A Toolkit for Retrospective and Ongoing Career Outcomes Data Collection for Biomedical PhD Students and Postdoctoral Scholars
Where Do Our Graduates Go? A Toolkit for Retrospective and Ongoing Career Outcomes Data Collection for Biomedical PhD Students and Postdoctoral Scholars
Universities are at long last undertaking efforts to collect and disseminate information about student career outcomes, after decades of calls to action. Organizations such as Rescuing Biomedical Research and Future of Research brought this issue to the forefront of graduate education, and the second Future of Biomedical Graduate and Postdoctoral Training conference (FOBGAPT2) featured the collection of career outcomes data in its final recommendations, published in this journal (Hitchcock et al., 2017). More recently, 26 institutions assembled as the Coalition for Next Generation Life Science, committing to ongoing collection and dissemination of career data for both graduate and postdoc alumni. A few individual institutions have shared snapshots of the data in peer-reviewed publications (Mathur et al., 2018; Silva, des Jarlais, Lindstaedt, Rotman, Watkins, 2016) and on websites. As more and more institutions take up this call to action, they will now be looking for tools, protocols, and best practices for ongoing career outcomes data collection, management, and dissemination. Here, we describe UCSF's experiences in conducting a retrospective study, and in institutionalizing a methodology for annual data collection and dissemination. We describe and share all tools we have developed, and we provide calculations of the time and resources required to accomplish both retrospective studies and annual updates. We also include broader recommendations for implementation at your own institutions, increasing the feasibility of this endeavor.
Call for Retraction of 400 Scientific Papers Amid Fears Organs Came from Chinese Prisoners
Call for Retraction of 400 Scientific Papers Amid Fears Organs Came from Chinese Prisoners
Study finds failure of English language medical journals to comply with international ethical standards.
The Game is Changing: How Two Years of Trump Has Energized the Science Community
The Game is Changing: How Two Years of Trump Has Energized the Science Community
Two years into the Trump administration the damage done to science is significant but it would have been far worse without thousands of scientists and their allies calling out attacks on science and detailing the consequences of these attacks for public health and safety.
ELife Ambassadors: Introducing ECRcentral
The community-curated website aims to connect early-career researchers with funding opportunities, useful resources and each other.
Main Outcomes of NWO/ZonMw Consultation Meeting on Plan S
On the 31th of January NWO and ZonMw organised a consultation meeting as part of the public feedback on the implementation of Plan S. The meeting was very well attended with over 250 people representing all segments of the Dutch research community.
OPERAS Declaration on the Plan S Implementation Guidance
OPERAS, the European research infrastructure dedicated to open scholarly communication in the Social Sciences and Humanities, provides its recommendations to the guidance document on the implementation of Plan S.
Future of Scholarly Publishing and Scholarly Communication
Future of Scholarly Publishing and Scholarly Communication
The Report of the Expert Group to the European Commission proposes a vision for the future of scholarly communication. It examines the current system and its main actors and puts forward recommendations.
Scientists Don't Stay for Long in Their Jobs Anymore: Study
Plus, more scientists nowadays spend their entire careers in supporting roles, rather than leading their own research programs.
Swiss Universities Fear EU Science Funding Snub
Swiss universities fear losing out on the European Union's "Horizon Europe" science research funding pot.
The Emotional Toll of Graduate School
Mental health disorders and depression are far more likely for grad students than they are for the average American.
Request for Feedback on Grant Identifier Metadata
We first announced plans to investigate identifiers for grants in 2017 and are almost ready to violate the first rule of grant identifiers which is “they probably should not be called grant identifiers”.
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