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On how scientific publishers are struggling to maintain their stranglehold over scientists.
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The 10 largest public and philanthropic funders of health research in the world
The 10 largest public and philanthropic funders of health research in the world
What they fund and how they distribute their funds.
Mapping the hinterland: data issues in open science
This research investigates the relationship between open science and public engagement.
Enhancing Research Reproducibility
Recommendations from the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology.
The relative impact factor of glamour journals is 2.166
Tweets of articles from Cell, Nature and Science journals all resulted in 2.166 more times clicks on the journal title rather than the anonymized links.
Federal Council appoints Martin Vetterli President of EPFL
The President of the Research Council of the SNSF will take office on 1 January 2017, succeeding Patrick Aebischer, who has had 16 years at the helm of EPFL.
Safety first
Safety first
It is worrying that US government departments are unable to divulge basic data on research projects involving human subjects. Such data should be publicly available to ensure volunteers’ safety.
Be part of the European Commission Expert Group on Open Science!
Be part of the European Commission Expert Group on Open Science! - Digital Economy & Society
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.
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 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.
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.
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.
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