Elsevier Awarded U.S. Patent For “Online Peer Review System and Method”
A few hours ago, 50 months after Elsevier submitted a patent application for an “Online peer review system and method” the patent was awarded to the company.
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Stop ignoring misconduct
Efforts to reduce irreproducibility in research must also tackle the temptation to cheat.
Good Enough Practices in Scientific Computing
We present a set of computing tools and techniques that every researcher can and should adopt. These recommendations synthesize inspiration from our own work, from the experiences of the thousands of people who have taken part in Software Carpentry and Data Carpentry workshops over the past six years, and from a variety of other guides. Unlike some other guides, our recommendations are aimed specifically at people who are new to research computing.
Nobel Laureate Roger Tsien Dies
Nobel Laureate Roger Tsien Dies
One of the pioneers in developing fluorescent proteins for biological studies was 64 years old.
Open Access law adopted
In France, the final text of a new law on Open Access has been adopted on June 29, 2016.
We Scientists Shape Science
Science has become a lot bigger and faster. Join us now to make it better @ the congress on 26 / 27 january 2017, Berne.
We should reward peer reviewers. But how?
We should reward peer reviewers. But how?
Peer review is a thankless task, but journals have been experimenting with accolades and cash incentives for scientists who serve as peer reviewers.
The value of the open science movement
Research creates its own problems. Articles may be withdrawn because of irregularities, results can be impossible to reproduce, methods are often non-standardised, and publications may not be accessible. The search is now on for solutions.
Science, research and innovation performance of the EU
A contribution to the open innovation, open science, open to the world agenda 2016.
Science Editor-in-Chief Highlights Need for Steady Science Funding
In an editorial in the 26 August issue of the journal Science, Jeremy Berg, the journal's 20th editor-in-chief, examines the importance of funding science steadily, with predictable budget cycles that allow science-funding agencies to do long-term planning that research projects typically require.
Research watchdog's new leader faces staff revolt
The new director of the federal office that guards against misconduct in U.S.-funded biomedical research is aiming to shake things up—but is also encountering rough waters. Kathryn Partin, who took the helm of the Office of Research Integrity (ORI) in December 2015, has launched a top-to-bottom review of the office, which has been criticized for moving too slowly and meting out sanctions that lack teeth.
Truth in Science Publishing
In this Perspective, Thomas C. Südhof describes some of the current challenges to the peer review system that have endangered public acceptance of science and discusses possible avenues to addressing these challenges.
Preprint server bioRxiv receives additional major funding
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory's free, not-for-profit preprint service bioRxiv has received generous additional financial support.
Relative Citation Ratio - A Leap Forward in Research Metrics
There is no perfect metric. There is no number or score which fully encapsulates the value, impact, or importance of a piece of research. While this statement might appear obvious, research evaluation and measurement are a fact of life for the scientific research community.
The delicate balancing act of research funding
Many people see privately funded research as a threat to academic independence, but this is an incomplete view. Experts with close connections to politics and business are a logical consequence of a knowledge-based society. It is time for a fundamental debate on responsible research partnerships.
Go forth and replicate!
To make replication studies more useful, researchers must make more of them, funders must encourage them and journals must publish them.
A Simple Explanation for the Replication Crisis in Science
The replication crisis in science is largely attributable to a mismatch in our expectations of how often findings should replicate and how difficult it is to actually discover true findings in certain fields.
If we want to improve peer review, we'll need to invest in training
If we want to improve peer review, we'll need to invest in training
New reviewers are anxious to get some formal coaching before they start commenting the work of fellow academics.
OpenTrials launch date
OpenTrials will officially launch its beta on Monday 10th October 2016 at the World Health Summit in Berlin.
Protocols.io: Virtual Communities for Protocol Development and Discussion
This Community Page presents an open-access platform, protocols.io ( https://www.protocols.io/ ), which enables collaborative sharing and discovery of state-of-the-art research methods.
Gene name errors are widespread in the scientific literature
Approximately one-fifth of papers with supplementary Excel gene lists contain erroneous gene name conversions.
Science in the age of selfies
A time traveler from 1915 arriving in 1965 would have been astonished by the scientific theories and engineering technologies invented during that half century. One can only speculate, but it seems likely that few of the major advances that emerged during those 50 years were even remotely foreseeable in 1915.
Automatic Generation of Scientific Paper Reviews
Automatic Generation of Scientific Paper Reviews
Peer review is widely viewed as an essential step for ensuring scientific quality of a work and is a cornerstone of scholarly publishing. In this work we investigate the feasibility of a tool capable of generating fake reviews for a given scientific paper automatically.
Bias against novelty in science
Novel breakthroughs in research can have a dramatic impact on scientific discovery but face some distinct disadvantages in getting wider recognition.
Science is Changing, Can I Change Too?
Science is a big thing, but changing it relies on simple decisions made by individual researchers.
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