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Overshadowed by the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), another frightening virus is on the loose in that vast, chaotic country: polio. Public health experts have worked for months to stamp out the virus, but it keeps spreading.
A web application showing how successful universities or research-focused institutions collaborate.
Dr. Jon Tennant’s June 29 article in The Guardian Online, "Elsevier are corrupting open science in Europe," raises fundamental questions about open science, and is coupled with misinformation about Elsevier’s role. Both deserve a response.
A response to an article by Elsevier which critiqued a piece by Dr. Jon Tennant about them corrupting Open Science in Europe.
For academic couples who are committed to living in the same place and pursuing faculty careers, asking for a dual hire—when one person receives an offer and then negotiates a position at the same university for their partner—can be a good option. But it must be approached carefully, and it is far from a sure thing.
Imagine using version control to track the process of research in real time. Peer review becomes a community-governed process, where the quality of engagement becomes the hallmark of individual reputations. All research outputs can be published and credited with not an 'impact factor' in sight.
An examination of the ethical, organisational, and economic strengths and weaknesses of funder OA platforms to scope the opportunities and threats they present in the transition to OA.
A new search engine that aims to connect nonacademics with open-access research will be launched this fall. Get the Research will connect the public with 20 million open-access scholarly articles. The site will be built by Impactstory in conjunction with the Internet Archive and the British Library.
Universities need to rethink how they evaluate academics for promotion.
Article covers basic principles and summarise best practices, indicating how to use Open Peer Review to achieve best value and mutual benefits for all stakeholders and the wider research community.
What models or practices could be developed to help incentivize and reward innovation and diverse forms of scholarly communication and public engagement while reducing the risk to those who are seen to be diverging from traditional modes of professional practices and advancement?
Supporting the EUA membership with the development of research assessment approaches that focus on research quality, potential and future impact, and that take into account Open Science practices.
Techniques for overcoming the challenges of open manuscript writing.
New interface shifts from journal metrics to journal intelligence, offering richer data and greater transparency for comprehensive assessment.
Stencila launches the first version of its word processor and spreadsheet editor designed for researchers.
Asking whether Twitter allows scientists to promote their findings primarily to other scientists ("inreach"), or whether it can help them reach broader, non-scientific audiences ("outreach"). Results should encourage scientists to invest in building a social media presence for scientific outreach.
How a process designed to ensure scientific rigor is tainted by randomness, bias, and arbitrary delays.
If only I had known then what I know now, 16 years later, this is what I would have told myself.
What are researchers to do when they lose confidence in their previously published work? A new project has an answer. Will it help the replication crisis?
In the 1990s, the Internet offered a horizon from which to imagine what society could become, promising autonomy and self-organization next to redistribution of wealth and collectivized means of production. While the former was in line with the dominant ideology of freedom, the latter ran contrary to the expanding enclosures in capitalist globalization.
Elsevier - one of the largest and most notorious scholarly publishers - are monitoring Open Science in the EU on behalf of the European Commission. Jon Tennant argues that they cannot be trusted.
eLife is conducting a trial in which authors will decide how to respond to the issues raised during peer review.
This free tool helps you shortlist verified open access journals from DOAJ for publishing your manuscript thereby safeguarding you from predatory journals.
Polling shows that the number of people who believe science has "made life more difficult" increased by 50 percent from 2009 to 2015.
Even after a paper’s retracted, it will continue to be cited - often by researchers who don’t realize the findings are problematic.
What’s the scientific value of the Stanford Prison Experiment? Zimbardo responds to the new allegations against his work.
