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Researchers: speak up now or risk being muzzled on government policy
New rules could stop state-funded scientists advising ministers and make it easier for companies and campaign groups to sway government decisions
"Is There a Future for In-Depth Science Journalism?"
Video, podcast and summary.
The 2016 Science|Business Horizon 2020 Conference
Webcasts of the 2016 Science|Business Horizon2020 conference: will its overall, annual budget be cut in this year's EU funding review?
Open Scholar C.I.C.
A not-for-profit organisation whose activities, assets and profits are dedicated to the purpose of providing benefit to the scientific community.
Fire ants, goshawks and dog tongues. Oh my: the best of ScienceTake
ScienceTake 100th video: trying to offer compelling imagery, a glimpse at how science is done and answers to questions that are rarely asked.
Biologists urged to hug a preprint
ASAPbio meeting discusses the ins and outs of posting work online before peer review.
NIH peer review percentile scores are poorly predictive of grant productivity
Paper underscores the limitations of peer review as a means of assessing grant applications in an era when typical success rates are often as low as about 10% in the US.
Zika virus initiative reveals deeper malady in scientific publishing
Moves to speed up the release of Zika virus research in response to the public health crisis highlight a systemic failure in scientific publishing.
Karolinska's vice-chancellor resigns over case of controversial surgeon
Anders Hamsten, has resigned after acknowledging that he mishandled the prestigious Swedish institute's investigation into controversial surgeon Paolo Macchiarini.
85% of health research is wasted
How to do great research, get it published, and improve health outcomes.
There's no space for today's young Einsteins
The gravitational waves theorist saw physics as no one else did, but if he was around today his time would be spent chasing grants or tenures.
A bridge to business
PhD holders should not underestimate their value to industry and the business sector.
Put innovation science at the heart of discovery
The success rate of discoveries would be improved if we could find out how to innovate.
Why one woman stole 47 million academic papers - and made them all free to read
How Sci-Hub breaks the paywall and how did academic journals get so expensive?
Review time in peer review: quantitative analysis and modelling of editorial workflows
Review time in peer review: quantitative analysis and modelling of editorial workflows
A data-driven theoretical investigation of editorial workflows.
The advantage of simple paper abstracts
Paper showing that doubling the word frequency of an average abstract increases citations by 0.70% and that journals which publish papers whose abstracts are shorter and contain more frequently used words receive slightly more citations per paper.
iSEER: an intelligent automatic computer system for scientific evaluation of researchers
iSEER: an intelligent automatic computer system for scientific evaluation of researchers
An intelligent machine learning framework for scientific evaluation of researchers may help decision makers to better allocate the available funding to the distinguished scientists through providing fair comparative results, regardless of the career age of the researchers.
Independent advice
Independent advice from Professor Adam Tickell on open access to research publications.
Individual bibliometric assessment at University of Vienna: from numbers to multidimensional profiles
Individual bibliometric assessment at University of Vienna: from numbers to multidimensional profiles
This paper shows how bibliometric assessment can be implemented at individual level.
Rapid Science
To promote and reward collaboration we’re developing a “C-score” that measures the quality and quantity of collaborators’ contributions to group efforts.,
THE University Workplace Survey 2016
Times Higher Education's poll shows that the bulk of staff find their work rewarding but there is a deep gulf between academics and professional and support staff.
The Research Pirates of the Dark Web
After getting shut down late last year, a website that allows free access to paywalled academic papers has sprung back up in a shadowy corner of the Internet.
Does it take too long to publish research?
Scientists are becoming increasingly frustrated by the time it takes to publish a paper.
ArXiv rejections lead to spat over screening process
High-profile physicist says his students' papers were wrongly rejected by the preprint server's volunteer moderators.
A plea for open science on Zika
20 funding organizations and public funding agencies from 11 countries promise that they will require grantees to have plans in place for sharing their results and data ASAP.
Obama makes risky bid to increase science spending
Many research advocates worry that the proposal could backfire in the face of political opposition.
Top Nobel Prize administrator resigns in wake of Macchiarini scandal
The widening scandal surrounding surgeon Paolo Macchiarini and his employment at the Karolinska Insitute in Stockholm has prompted Urban Lendahl, secretary general of the Nobel Assembly, to resign.
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