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Open Letter in Support of Funder Open Publishing Mandates
The undersigned researchers believe that the world's scholarly literature is a public resource that only achieves its full value when it is freely available to all.
Are Funder Open Access Platforms a Good Idea?
As open access (OA) to publications continues to gather momentum, we should continuously question whether it is moving in the right direction.
Impact of Social Sciences and Humanities for a European Research Agenda
Impact of Social Sciences and Humanities for a European Research Agenda
The idea of the conference is to bring to the fore the impact contributions of social sciences and humanities (SSH) research to transformative national and European research and innovation agendas, as well as to openly reflect on and structurally discuss the topic. Due to the huge interest in the conference and limited seating, a live-streaming of the main sessions of the conference on both conference days is offered.
Announcing the Top 10 FAIR Data Things Global Sprint
A global sprint to develop 10 FAIR things resources for data in different disciplines.
Feedback | Plan S
cOALition S asks for feedback on the Plan S implementation plan.
The Chinese Scientist Who Claims He Made CRISPR Babies is Under Investigation
He Jiankui says he created twin girls whose genes were edited to make them resistant to HIV. Was that ethical? Or even legal?
The Complexity of the Commons: Scientists Recast Social Dilemmas
A new classification system adds real-world complexity to social dilemmas like the paradigmatic 'tragedy of the commons.'
A 100th Birthday Wish: Uphold Academic Freedom in Dark Times
The Haldane principle, born a century ago, has enabled government scientists to speak truth to power without fear of retribution.
First Sun-dimming Experiment Will Test a Way to Cool Earth
Researchers plan to spray sunlight-reflecting particles into the stratosphere, an approach that could ultimately be used to quickly lower the planet's temperature.
ELife Latest: Highlighting Meta-research
A new collection page brings together articles that eLife has published in the burgeoning field of meta-research.
Repatriation of African Artefacts from French Museums Will Require Huge Research Effort
Repatriation of African Artefacts from French Museums Will Require Huge Research Effort
Graduate students from Africa could benefit from such efforts, but it is not clear who will pay for them.
Beware the Rise of the Radical Right
Academic freedom is on the hit list when radical politicians gain office - as they have done in Europe.
How the Entire Scientific Community Can Confront Gender Bias in the Workplace
Evidence overwhelmingly shows structural barriers to women in science, technology, engineering and mathematics fields, and suggests that the onus cannot be on women alone to confront the gender bias in our community. Here, I share my experience as a scientist and a woman who has collected data during more than ten years of scientific training about how best to navigate the academic maze of biases and barriers.
To Catch Misconduct, Journals Are Hiring Research Integrity Czars
Scientific journals' creation of dedicated positions for rooting out misconduct before publication comes amid growing awareness of such issues.
OpenUP Policy Recommendations
OpenUP Hub is an open, dynamic and collaborative knowledge environment that systematically captures, organizes and categorizes research outcomes, best practices, tools and guidelines. Explore the given material about opening up the review-dissemination-assessment phases of the research lifecycle and practices to support the transition to a more open and gender sensitive research environment.
DORA, Plan S and the (open) Future of Research Evaluation
Slides from a talk given to the general assembly of Science Europe in Brussels on 22 Nov 2018. Gives an overview of the problems of over-metricised research evaluation and how this might be tackled, in part through initiatives driven by DORA, and how they are linked with drives such as Plan S to promote open science. Shared under a CC-BY-SA opinion (though Figshare doesn't seem to allow me to select that option from their drop-down menu).
Do You Have Concerns About Plan S? Then You Must Be an Irresponsible, Privileged, Conspiratorial Hypocrite
Do You Have Concerns About Plan S? Then You Must Be an Irresponsible, Privileged, Conspiratorial Hypocrite
Over 1,200 researchers signed an open letter expressing concern about Plan S. Then Twitter came for them -- and, more particularly, for the woman who organized the letter.
Google Scholar Citation Profiles: the good, the bad, and the better
Time to Break Academic Publishing's Stranglehold on Research
Science journals are laughing all the way to the bank, locking the results of publicly funded research behind exorbitant paywalls. A campaign to make content free must succeed
OECD Science, Technology and Innovation Outlook 2018
The OECD Science, Technology and Innovation Outlook 2018 is the twelfth edition in a series that biennially reviews key trends in science, technology and innovation (STI) policy in OECD countries and a number of major partner economies.
Climate Change Poses Major Threat to U.S., New Government Report Concludes
Climate already affecting communities, and effects will get worse without action. The new report is designed to be “policy relevant,” but does not make specific policy recommendations, federal officials associated with the U.S. Global Change Research Program noted.
Release of the FOSTER Open Science Toolkit
FOSTER Plus developed a set of ten free online courses covering key topics of Open Science. Each course takes about one hour to complete.
Do We Need an Open Science Coalition?
What exactly is Open Science? Its lack of an appropriate common definition has meant Open Science can be a variety of things; a social justice issue, part of a political capitalist regime, or a form of traditional science. But this lack of consensus leaves room for Open Science to be co-opted and even exploited.
AI Peer Reviewers Unleashed to Ease Publishing Grind
Automated tools could speed up and improve the review process, but humans are still in the driving seat. Most researchers have good reason to grumble about peer review: it is time-consuming and error-prone, and the workload is unevenly spread, with just 20% of scientists taking on most reviews. Now peer review by artificial intelligence (AI) is promising to improve the process, boost the quality of published papers — and save reviewers time.
The European Open Science Cloud is Officially Launched
The European Open Science Cloud (EOSC) is officially launched. The inauguration marks the conclusion of a long process, demonstrates the importance of EOSC for the advancement of research in Europe and introduces the new EOSC Portal.
We Scientists 2035 Workshop Day - with Jacques Dubochet | 7 Feb 2019 | Veranstaltung | Naturwissenschaften Schweiz
We Scientists 2035 Workshop Day - with Jacques Dubochet | 7 Feb 2019 | Veranstaltung | Naturwissenschaften Schweiz
Do you work in a scientific research institution? Are you frustrated with aspects of current research culture, such as the pressure to "publish or perish", the reproducibility crisis, climbing the academic ladder and persistent gender biases? Do you want to shape the culture that you work in? Join us on the 7th of February, 2019 at the University of Lausanne for an afternoon of "We Scientists 2035 Workshops". Let's make small changes today for a better research culture tomorrow!
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