Universities Are Worse Than Drug Companies at Reporting Clinical Trial Results
Universities Are Worse Than Drug Companies at Reporting Clinical Trial Results
Almost 90% of academic clinical trials are not reported promptly to European registry.
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Open Research Fund: Applications Submitted
For the first time, the Wellcome Trust is publishing received project proposals, and will be adding funding decisions end of October.
Brexit No Deal Factsheet
A factsheet summarising why the UK leaving the EU with no-deal is a bad deal for science, and outlining what a deal for science should look like.
Eight Ways to Tackle Diversity and Inclusion in Peer Review
We continue our Peer Review Week celebrations with a roundup of articles about bias, diversity, and inclusion in peer review, by Alice Meadows, including eight lessons we can all learn from them.
How AI Technology Can Tame the Scientific Literature
As artificially intelligent tools for literature and data exploration evolve, developers seek to automate how hypotheses are generated and validated.
Gender Quotas and Targets Would Speed up Progress on Gender Equity in Academia
New Netherlands Code of Conduct for Research Integrity
The new version of the Netherlands Code of Conduct for Research Integrity will be published today.
Scientific Publishing Is a Rip-Off. We Fund the Research - It Should Be Free
Those who take on the global industry that traps research behind paywalls are heroes, not thieves, says George Monbiot.
Inside the Fight for Open-Access Research
Academic publishers have some of the highest profit margins in the world. In the digital age, researchers are starting to wonder whether publishers actually deserve this much money.
Can Lifestyle Preferences Help Explain the Persistent Gender Gap in Academia?
58 Organizations Gather to Workshop a Joint Roadmap for Open Science Tools
86 people from 58 different organizations gathered in Berkeley, CA and remotely to attend the first workshop convened by the Joint Roadmap for Open Science Tools, to develop a common vision, user stories, and roadmap to support open science research workflows, and better coordinate work across the community of open science projects.
The Scientific Prize Network Predicts Who Pushes the Boundaries of Science
Gender and International Diversity Improves Equity in Peer Review
Gender and International Diversity Improves Equity in Peer Review
The acceptance rate for eLife manuscripts with male last authors was significantly higher than for female last authors, and this gender inequity was greatest when the team of reviewers was all male; mixed-gender gatekeeper teams lead to more equitable peer review outcomes.
A Look Inside Chan Zuckerberg, the Philanthropic Project Funded by Billions in Facebook Stock Sales
A Look Inside Chan Zuckerberg, the Philanthropic Project Funded by Billions in Facebook Stock Sales
Two years after Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan announced an audacious plan to use their Facebook fortune to try and end disease in their children's lifetime, The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative has ballooned to 250 people.
MEPs Vote to Grant Researchers Greater Freedom to Text and Data Mine
Researchers gain more access to hi-tech research tool, but data start-ups warn the narrow rules create "a backseat for Europe's innovators".
Compliance with Requirement to Report Results on the EU Clinical Trials Register: Cohort Study and Web Resource
Compliance with Requirement to Report Results on the EU Clinical Trials Register: Cohort Study and Web Resource
Study finds that compliance with the European Commission requirement for all trials to post results on to the EUCTR within 12 months of completion has been poor, with half of all trials non-compliant.
S Is for Seismic Shift
The International Association of Scientific, Technical and Medical Publishers, which represents the organisations most directly affected financially, was one voice of caution, saying it is "vital" that researchers have the freedom to publish where they choose.
COUNTER Code of Practice for Research Data Usage Metrics release 1
COUNTER and members of the Make Data Count team (California Digital Library, DataCite, and DataONE) collaborated in drafting the Code of Practice for Research Data Usage Metrics release 1.
Africa Should Set Own Standards of Research Excellence
'Most highly cited' criterion is not the most appropriate.
Half of European Clinical Trials Haven’t Reported Results
EU rules say clinical trial results must be reported onto the EU register for every trial there within 12 months of the end of the trial, yet no one has ever been sanctioned for breaking the European rules. European academic institutes are lagging far behind companies in complying with the reporting rules.
Scientists Must Keep Fighting Fake News, Not Retreat to Their Ivory Towers
Scientists Must Keep Fighting Fake News, Not Retreat to Their Ivory Towers
Scientists have the public’s trust, so the swell of fake news shouldn’t put them off communicating, says CEO of Science Media Centre.
NIH Investigating Whether U.S. Scientists Are Sharing Ideas with Foreign Governments
NIH Investigating Whether U.S. Scientists Are Sharing Ideas with Foreign Governments
Agency reminds researchers to report foreign ties, keep peer reviews confidential.
The World’s Oldest Blockchain Has Been Hiding in the New York Times Since 1995
The World’s Oldest Blockchain Has Been Hiding in the New York Times Since 1995
This really gives a new meaning to the "paper of record."
The Canadian Association of University Teachers Releases Results of First National Survey of Contract Academic Staff
With the European Parliament Vote on the Copyright Directive, the Internet Lost - for Now
With the European Parliament Vote on the Copyright Directive, the Internet Lost - for Now
The Parliament voted in favor of almost all provisions that extend more rights to the establishment copyright industries while failing to protect users and new creators online.
Data Sharing in PLOS ONE: An Analysis of Data Availability Statements
Data Sharing in PLOS ONE: An Analysis of Data Availability Statements
Only about 20% of statements indicate that data are deposited in a repository, which the PLOS policy states is the preferred method. More commonly, authors state that their data are in the paper itself or in the supplemental information, though it is unclear whether these data meet the level of sharing required in the PLOS policy.
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