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Canada’s top universities and research institutes spent $5.7 billion on research and development (R&D), but generated less than $75 million from licensing their innovations in 2017. That’s an average return on investment of 1.3 per cent.
A Dutch engineering university is taking radical action to increase its share of female academics by opening job vacancies to women only.
A comprehensive and up-to-date analysis of Computer Science literature reveals that, if current trends continue, parity between the number of male and female authors will not be reached in this century.
Article finds that bioRxiv-deposited journal articles received a sizeable citation and altmetric advantage over non-deposited articles.
By 2021, the major UK funders will have implemented policies and mandates on OA monographs, joining a growing international list.
Researchers can see at a glance the rules they’ll need to follow if they submit to a particular journal.
Open access publishing still profits publishers, with little added value for researchers.
At Elsevier's International Center for the Study of Research, experts will examine research using metrics and other qualitative and quantitative methods.
All disciplines should follow the geosciences and demand best practice for publishing and sharing data.
Sluggish economy and unemployment could explain French pessimism about science's job-boosting power.
Study finds high Journal Impact Factor (JIF) volatilities for hundreds of journals annually due to their top-cited paper.
A global Springer Nature survey of more than 2,500 academic book authors provides in-depth insights into attitudes towards open access.
Whilst a shift to gold (pay to publish) open access would deliver wider access to research, the lack of price sensitivity amongst academics presents a risk that they will be locked into a new escalating pay to publish system.
This ranking shows which institutions might be punching above their weight in producing high-quality research.
Science historian Aileen Fyfe explores how copyright has become intertwined with scholarly publishing.
The prices for open access publishing are high and are rising well beyond inflation. What has been missing from the public discussion so far is a quantitative approach to determine the actual costs of efficiently publishing a scholarly article using state-of-the-art technologies, such that informed decisions can be made as to appropriate price levels.
How a simple nudge can improve health and nutrition reporting. The Twitter account retweets science articles, adding “IN MICE.”
Research teams traversing partially melted fjord to retrieve weather equipment release startling picture.
A couple of years ago, psychologist Susan Fiske launched a broadside against science bloggers - since taken offline - packed with name-calling.
Stress and long working hours are regrettably common among early-career researchers, reveals a survey by the group the Young Academy of Europe.
Blog for the Journal of Open Source Software.
Recently retired, this professor emeritus reflects on how she challenged students to think beyond facts.
Weakened permafrost in Canadian Arctic a further sign that global climate crisis accelerating faster than scientists had feared.
Als Michael Hengartner, Präsident swissuniversities und Rektor der Universität Zürich an der Open Access Konferenz Schweiz 2018 gefragt wurde, ob er im Sinne von Open Access auch die kommenden Vert…
Chefs verordnen gerne agile Arbeitstechniken. Eine Analyse zeigt, dass sie diese aber selbst nie anwenden würden.
The NIH and the FBI are targeting ethnic Chinese scientists, including U.S. citizens, searching for a cancer cure. Here's the first account of what happened to Xifeng Wu.
Francis Collins pledged to decline to speak at conferences that do not include enough women in prominent speaking roles.
We are scientists from various disciplines and we will go on strike on 14 June 2019. Women* are systematically underrepresented to a great degree at Swiss higher education institutions.
The British Journal of Anaesthesia's unusual experiment is designed to broaden replicability efforts beyond just methods and results.
