What's the point of maths research?
We don't know what knowledge we'll need in the future, and that's where maths research comes in.
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UN report calls for a greater place for science in international decision-making
Science is a public good and deserves to be valued more highly and used effectively by decision-makers at all levels.
Why scientific criticism sometimes needs to hurt
As a researcher who gets such severe criticism, you have to go through the 5 stages of grief...
Raising the Status of Peer Review With Publons
An interview with Tom Culley, Marketing Director of Publons, on how provide recognition for this vital part of the scientific process.
The office experiment: Can science build the perfect workspace?
Windows, desks and employees are being wired up in a quest to create healthy, evidence-based environments.
New Proposals to Solve the Ongoing Reproducibility Crisis
Recap of contest launched by the Winnower and the Laura and John Arnold Foundation to answer the question – How do we ensure that research is reproducible?
Danish universities face more cuts and more political control
The Lars Løkke Rasmussen government is moving to cut funding for universities and the student financing system and increase political control over higher education institutions.
The future of peer review is now!
The future of peer review is now!
It’s the most wondrous time of the year! Peer Review Week is the time when the scholarly communications community comes together to recognise the importance and value of peer review and peer review…
Clinical trial rules aim to improve public reporting of results
Researchers will have to publicly report the results of many more clinical trials under new government rules announced Friday.
Complementarities and ambivalences in the development and use of indicators
Complementarities and ambivalences in the development and use of indicators
The tension between simple but invalid indicators that are widely used and more sophisticated indicators that are not used or cannot be used in evaluation practices because they are not transparent for users, cannot be calculated, or are difficult to interpret.
The evolving U.S. policy environment for open research data
This paper presents a brief overview of emerging policies to open up access to research data in the United States.
Turkey’s purge of academia leads to record asylum requests
Post-coup crackdown has led to a huge number of requests for help, say charities for at-risk scholars.
6 Easy Things Scientists Can do to End Pseudoscience
Don't believe every science study you read, because sometimes not even their authors believe them. Here are the issues corrupting good, honest science – and how to fix them.
Wikipedia is significantly amplifying the impact of Open Access publications
Today, a scientist's most desired citation may be from a publication not often thought of as prestigious: Wikipedia.
Impact of referendum on immigration still uncertain
Two and a half years ago now, a narrow majority of the Swiss electorate approved the so-called popular 'Stop Mass Immigration' initiative or MEI proposed by the Swiss People’s Party or SVP...
Industry is open for business
Postdoc positions in industry can teach people skills that they would not learn in academia.
Tougher rules for clinical-trial transparency
Investigators are now required to disclose all clinical trials, whether successful or not.
NIH aims to beef up clinical trial design
NIH wants to expand the sharing of summary data from clinical trials, such as test results being reviewed here at NIH’s clinical center.
New Editor-in-Chief of PLOS ONE
Dr. Joerg Heber has been appointed Editor-in-Chief of PLOS ONE.
Making drug development less secretive could lead to quicker, cheaper therapies
Making drug development less secretive could lead to quicker, cheaper therapies
With the right investment, an open source drug discovery system might compete with the traditional pharmaceutical industry to deliver the drugs we need.
The Solution to Science's Replication Crisis
The solution to science's replication crisis is a new ecosystem in which scientists sell what they learn from their research.
A shady market in scientific papers mars Iran’s rise in science
Proposed law would ban the practice
Europe proposes copyright reform to help scientists mine research papers
Long-awaited plan would exempt computer-aided harvesting from EU copyright law.
‘Motherless babies!’ How to create a tabloid science headline in five easy steps
‘Motherless babies!’ How to create a tabloid science headline in five easy steps
A modest developmental biology paper prompts breathless claims of egg-free embryos
A History of Academic Peer Review
Although peer review is now a fundamental quality control measure implemented during the publishing process, the practice as we know it today is quite different from how it was envisioned...
What Is The Future Of Peer Review?
What Is The Future Of Peer Review?
Looking forward to Peer Review Week, we asked the Chefs “What is the future of peer review?”
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