PLOS Releases an Open Data Collection
PLOS Releases an Open Data Collection
A PLOS selection of research articles, guidelines, and commentaries about data sharing, data practices, and data policies from different research fields.
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10 Simple Rules for Developing Public Biological Databases
10 Simple Rules for Developing Public Biological Databases
If you are considering developing a new database, please, for the love of science, follow these 10 simple rules for creating and maintaining (biological) databases.
Thomas Landrain Interview: Short-Circuiting Research
The story of La Paillasse: an open lab which aims to cut out the intermediaries and create a much more open way of doing research, enabling to fast-prototype solutions to scientific problems.
The Quiet Rise of the NIH’s Hot New Metric
Biomedical funders worldwide are adopting the US agency’s free Relative Citation Ratio to analyse grant outcomes.
A transition From Postdoc to Industry
Neuroscientist Ana Mingorance’s experience highlights some pointers for successfully making the move to industry.
Open Peer Review Finds More Takers
Journal experiments and surveys suggest scientists are coming round to the idea of publishing review reports. A few journals, such as PeerJ, the BMJ and F1000Research, already embrace open peer review in various different forms.
The Threat of a Brain Drain Under a Trump Presidency Is Real
Top science and tech talent could choose to set up in other countries that are more hospitable to their work.
The Open Preprint Repository Network
A free, open source, preprints repository, api, and aggregator for arXiv, PeerJ, Research Papers in Economics, PsyArXiv, SocArXiv, engrXiv, and others.
Scientific Language Is Becoming More Informal
Biologists in particular are writing their papers in a less formal style.
Is Publication Success a Matter of Dumb Luck?
Researchers may publish their best work at any point in their careers, a new study reports. This is not the same as success being the result of random forces or just plain “dumb luck.”
Self-Organised Scientific Crowds to Remedy Research Bureaucracy
In an era where research bureaucracy is the biggest burden bestowed upon scientists, some are seeking practical solutions.
Why Your Journal Should Have a Reviewer Checklist and What it Should Include
Why Your Journal Should Have a Reviewer Checklist and What it Should Include
While offering reviewers any form of guidance is better than none, being thorough and creating a reviewer checklist is by far the best way to help reviewers know the expectations of your journal.
Jisc Collections and Elsevier Sign Landmark Agreement
5-year subscription access to around 1,850 journals on Elsevier’s ScienceDirect e-platform.
The Science of Disaster Science
Exploring the research output on specific natural disasters.
Big Brain Projects Urged to Aid Public Health
World Health Organization asks research initiatives to focus on translating their findings into clinical benefits.
Is Citizen Science the Future of Research or a Recipe for Bad Science?
Is Citizen Science the Future of Research or a Recipe for Bad Science?
Citizen science has the potential to make science and innovation more responsible, but it is not without controversy.
Commission and EIF seek Pan-European Venture Capital Fund-of-Funds Managers
Commission and EIF seek Pan-European Venture Capital Fund-of-Funds Managers
The European Commission and the European Investment Fund are inviting applications for setting up and managing one or more private-sector led, market-driven Pan-European Venture Capital Funds-of-Funds.
Peer Review Needs To Be More Transparent If We Want Better Science
How should the scientific publication process be rethought to be more meritocratic?
Two-stage Calls - A real improvement in times of low success rates?
The relatively low success rates for applicants in most parts of Horizon 2020 have been heavily and unanimously criticized by the stakeholders. In response, the European Commission introduced more generally a proposal evaluation in two stages, in order to ease the burden of unsuccessful applicants during the first stage. This approach received a very positive feedback from the scientific communities.
On Publishing and the Sneetches: A Wake-Up Call?
The knowledge that we produce in our publicly funded works belongs to humankind and must not be locked up behind pay-walls— newly submitted papers should be open-access and older ones open-archive.
Scientists Ride the Podcasting Wave
Podcasting can offer personal and professional benefits for researchers who want to dive in.
Mozilla Science
In 2013, we set out to build Mozilla's first open science program with support from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. Over three years later, we're pleased to announce a two-year award from the Sloan Foundation to further support that work in advancing openness, adoption and reproducibility in science.
On Publishing and the Sneetches: A Wake-up Call?
To claim credit for a discovery, we publish it in a peer-reviewed journal; to get a job in academia or money to run a lab, we present piles of these published papers to universities and funding agencies. Publishing is so embedded in the practice of science that whoever controls the journals controls access to the entire profession. It is, therefore, worth examining to whom we have entrusted the keys to the kingdom of science.
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