The availability of research data declines rapidly with article age
Broken e-mails and obsolete storage devices were the main obstacles to data sharing. Policies mandating data archiving at publication are clearly needed.
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The Jack Andraka story
The Jack Andraka story
Uncovering the hidden contradictions behind a science folk hero.
China tops Europe in R&D intensity
China has for the first time overtaken Europe on the share of its economy devoted to R&D.
Particle-physics papers set free
Tensions as open-access initiative goes live — without the field’s leading journal.
The useful science?
The useful science?
Economics is highly parochial: there were more papers focused on the United States than on Europe, Asia, Latin America, the Middle East and Africa combined.
New study reveals funders behind the climate change denial effort
A new study conducted by Drexel University environmental sociologist Robert J. Brulle, PhD, exposes the organizational underpinnings and funding behind the powerful climate change countermovement. This study marks the first peer-reviewed, comprehensive analysis ever conducted of the sources of funding that maintain the denial effort.
Unabhängige Forschung: Forscher, wehrt euch!
Im Geschäft der Erkenntnisgewinnung läuft zu viel schief. Zum Glück gibt es Menschen, die das ändern wollen.
The greater good
The greater good
Governments, funding agencies and universities must all do their bit to ensure that research is appropriately assessed and rewarded.
NIH to experiment with high-risk grants
NIH considers supporting more individual researchers rather than projects.
Women scientists less likely to receive funding
Researchers uncovered evidence of women scientists working in the field of infectious diseases being disadvantaged in crucial funding allocations for more than a decade in the UK.
Nobel winner declares boycott of top science journals
Leading academic journals are distorting the scientific process and represent a "tyranny" that must be broken, according to Randy W. Schekman who has declared a boycott on the publications.
Posting your latest article? You might have to take it down
Researchers have been receiving notices from Academia.edu with takedown requests from Elsevier.
U.S., Switzerland love to innovate together
A concentration of biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies explains the Swiss position atop the rankings, according to USISTF director Ann Liebschutz.
What awaits the new director
In the coming days, the US Senate will consider the confirmation of Dr. France Córdova as director of the NSF. If confirmed, Dr. Córdova will be the latest in a line of distinguished scientists to lead the nearly $7 billion agency.
Who's missing in modern academia: solitary geniuses or something much more significant?
Who's missing in modern academia: solitary geniuses or something much more significant?
When Peter Higgs, of Higgs boson fame, was quoted in the Guardian on Friday as saying "Today I wouldn't get an academic job" because he would not "be regarded as productive enough", it prompted much nodding and retweeting from academics.
Call the cops
The long arm of the law has reached into an investigation of alleged scientific misconduct in Italy.
Global gender disparities in science
Cassidy R. Sugimoto and colleagues present a bibliometric analysis confirming that gender imbalances persist in research output worldwide.
Manipulating Google Scholar metrics: simple, easy and tempting
Paper showing how to manipulate the Google Citations profiles of a research group through the creation of false documents that cite their documents, and consequently, the journals in which they have published modifying their H index.
The superior performance of migrant scientists
Scientists who move countries tend to publish in higher-impact journals than those who remain at home, a study finds
The Final Frontier
How do we support basic curiosity-driven research and maintain our position as the global leader in innovation and technology at a time of rapidly dwindling government funds?
Science magazine individual development career plan
An individual tool to help you explore career possibilities and set goals to follow the career path that fits you best.
Fund to invest in life science companies in NYC
The Bloomberg administration and venture capitalists create a $100 million program for small firms.
GM maize, health and the Séralini affair
The journal Food and Chemical Toxicology has just retracted a controversial article published in September 2012 claiming a link between genetically modified maize and cancer.
DFG richtet neun weitere Sonderforschungsbereiche ein
Die Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) richtet neun weitere Sonderforschungsbereiche (SFB) ein.
Peer reviewers urged to speak their minds
Controversial model points to benefits of more opinionated reviews.
How to fix peer review
Peer review, many boffins argue, channelling Churchill, is the worst way to ensure quality of research, except all the others. The system, which relies on papers being vetted by anonymous experts prior to publication, has underpinned scientific literature for decades.
Under strain around the globe
In the global marketplace of higher education, the humanities are increasingly threatened by decreased funding and political attacks.
UBS machte sich Uni Zürich gefügig
UBS machte sich Uni Zürich gefügig
Wie sich die UBS mit ihrer Spende von 100 Millionen Franken die Universität Zürich hörig machte.
Scientific journals should stop trying to be exciting - and focus on being right
Scientists desperate to have an "impact" in their field are cherry-picking and misrepresenting their results. It's the natural result of a desperate scramble to publish. Science, according to a recent Nature article, is like Battleship. You fire shots into the dark and mostly miss your target.
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