Creating Incentives to Address the Replication Crisis in Science
Scientists have few direct incentives to replicate other researchers’ work, including precious little funding to do replications. Can that change?
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Making Peer Reviews Citable, Discoverable, and Creditable
Peer review infrastructure will arrive at Crossref in one month.
A Methodological Systematic Review of 'Spin'
More than 26 percent of papers identified as systematic reviews or meta-analyses contained spin. This figure rose to up to 84 percent in papers reporting on nonrandomised trials.
We Have the Technology to Save Peer Review – Now It Is up to Our Communities to Implement It
We Have the Technology to Save Peer Review – Now It Is up to Our Communities to Implement It
An introspective look at peer review, one we hope will be useful for future discussions on the topic.
If These Data Could Talk
Data-driven methods have come to dominate many scientific fields, but many fields exhibit distressingly low rates of reproducibility.
We-Sci’s Raison D’être
We-Sci: a collaborative research network for computational and traditional biologists.
President Trump's War on Science
The White House and its lackeys in certain federal agencies are censoring scientific inquiry that could inform the public and government policy.
Elsevier Acquisition Highlights the Need for Community-Based Scholarly Communication Infrastructure
Elsevier Acquisition Highlights the Need for Community-Based Scholarly Communication Infrastructure
Like many others in the scholarly community, we were very disappointed to learn about the recent acquisition by Elsevier of bepress, the provider of the popular Digital Commons repository platform.
Evaluating Biomedical Data Production with Text Mining
A novel text-mining strategy that identifies articles producing biological data.
PETA Versus the Postdoc: Animal Rights Group Targets Young Researcher for First Time
Critics say the organization is trying to intimidate young scientists.
Reproducible Document Stack – Supporting the Next-Generation Research Article
Reproducible Document Stack – Supporting the Next-Generation Research Article
With Substance and Stencila, eLife is developing the technology required to publish computationally reproducible research articles online.
Italian Scientists Welcome Surprise €400 Million Boost for Basic Research
Government takes back reserves amassed by the Italian Institute of Technology. “This is the largest investment in competitive funds for basic research of the last 20 years,” says Elena Cattaneo.
South Korean Researchers Lobby Government to Lift Human-Embryo Restrictions
Regulations are deterring research that could lead to disease treatments, say scientists.
Charting The Future Of Academic Publishing In The Digital Age
If you have a pressing need to read an academic paper that’s hiding behind a paywall, your quickest course of action may well be to use Sci-Hub.
She Was A Rising Star at a Major University
Then a lecherous professor made her life hell...
Options for Scientists
Most PhD students in the biological sciences will not go on to become academics.
eLife Supports Development of Open Technology Stack for Publishing Reproducible Manuscripts Online
eLife Supports Development of Open Technology Stack for Publishing Reproducible Manuscripts Online
The Reproducible Document Stack will allow authors to submit their manuscripts in a format that includes embedded code blocks and computed outputs, and for publishers to preserve these assets in an enhanced version of the published online article.
Billionaire’s Gift Pushes Ocean Sensors Deeper in Search of Global Warming’s Hidden Heat
Billionaire’s Gift Pushes Ocean Sensors Deeper in Search of Global Warming’s Hidden Heat
Deep Argo network of floats expands with $4 million from Paul Allen
Research Your Career Options Well Before Graduation
A recent book guides Ph.D. students and postdocs through the process of preparing for a career outside academe.
The Search for the Right Reviewers
Find out how Pure is giving the Research Council of Norway access to a global pool of experts for its wide variety of projects.
A Confusion of Journals - What Is PubMed Now?
PubMed is found to contain predatory journals and publishers, likely reflecting a long-term and broader problem, which only adds to the confusion about what exactly PubMed represents at this point.
Research Funding Is Harmful to Science – Time for Change
Researchers seeking science funding can be big losers in the equality and diversity game.
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