7 Signs a Scientific Paper's Authorship Was Bought
There is a growing trend of authors purchasing a spot on the author list of papers-for-sale – and the better the journal, the higher the price.
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An Adviser's Responsibility
Lynn Kamerlin makes a point of supporting her trainees' career aspirations, whatever they may be
Married to the(ir) job: living with an academic
Scholars and their significant others share the good, the bad and the ugly.
Biology Preprints Over Time: An Update
While the practice of preprinting in the life sciences is not completely new, it has grown dramatically over the past few years.
The Influence of Peer Reviewer Expertise on the Evaluation of Research Funding Applications
The Influence of Peer Reviewer Expertise on the Evaluation of Research Funding Applications
On the importance of identifying variables explaining the underlying differences in individual reviewer decision-making.
Exploring Ethics and Policy of Digital Health
Health Ethics and Policy Lab of the University of Zurich invites you to explore some of the most controversial issues in digital health.
Blame Bad Incentives for Bad Science
Scientists have to publish a constant stream of new results to succeed. But in the process, their success may lead to science’s failure, two new studies warn.
Keep Politics Out of Science?
Taking potshots at some scientific research is a pastime of American politics. But critics need to assess the merits of the research they target beforehand.
ScienceOpen Partners with Open Library of Humanities
ScienceOpen partners with the Open Library of Humanities to open up the context of HSS research
Citizen Scientists Discover Potential New Hunting Ground for Exoplanets
Via a NASA-led citizen science project, eight people with no formal training in astrophysics helped discover what could be a fruitful new place to search for planets outside our solar system.
Two Major California Research Institutes Will Merge
Scripps and Calibr set to join forces
How Academics Can Use Twitter Most Effectively
A guide on how to make Twitter work for academic purposes.
Sturgeon Confirms Scotland Will Seek to Remain in Horizon 2020
Research – news, analysis, funding and data for the academic research and policy community
Does English Have to Be the Dominant Language of Science?
There are big advantages to having scientists communicate in a common tongue, but there are drawbacks as well
Being the Enabler
A career in research development can offer a way for scientists to stay connected to research while also leveraging their soft skills
Women Need to Be Seen and Heard at Conferences
A neuroscience initiative is boosting the number of female invited speakers at meetings. Other disciplines should do the same.
Freeing a Scientific Mind to Envision Big Research: Packard Fellowship to Will Ratcliff
Funding can focus science on the long game; just ask Will Ratcliff, freshly named a Packard Fellow.
Open Access in a Time of Change
Speech by EU Commissioner C. Moedas at the Frankfurt Book Fair
ScienceOpen Partners with PeerJ
PeerJ will be indexing one of their flagship open access journals, PeerJ Computer Science, with ScienceOpen.
Budget Cap Would Stifle Brazilian Science
Constitutional amendment would freeze public spending at current levels for 2 decades.
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