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Honest Mistakes by Young Scientists Shouldn’t Doom Their Careers

Honest Mistakes by Young Scientists Shouldn’t Doom Their Careers

For those researchers, the pressure to publish is intense, as they vie for the few jobs at the heads of academic labs. This atmosphere can lead to mistakes.

Why Is Silicon Valley So Awful to Women?

Why Is Silicon Valley So Awful to Women?

Tech companies are spending hundreds of millions of dollars to improve conditions for female employees. Here’s why not much has changed—and what might actually work.

Career Success Stories of the European Research Council

Career Success Stories of the European Research Council

As the European Research Council celebrates its 10-year anniversary, three Starting Grant awardees describe their career paths.

The EU Facilities Looking to Exit UK

The EU Facilities Looking to Exit UK

UK-based academics leading research infrastructures supported by funding from the European Commission are to begin moving their headquarters to other European Union member states from as early as 2019. 

Why I Don’t Sign (Most Of) My Reviews

Why I Don’t Sign (Most Of) My Reviews

A few months ago, Stephen Heard wrote a blog post that prompted us to have a brief twitter discussion on whether we sign our reviews.

U.K. Scientists Prepare for Impending Break with European Union

U.K. Scientists Prepare for Impending Break with European Union

Government largesse may ease Brexit—at least for applied science.

Google’s DeepMind Makes AI Program That Can Learn Like A Human

Google’s DeepMind Makes AI Program That Can Learn Like A Human

Program brings artificial general intelligence a step closer by using previous knowledge to solve fresh problems

Connecting Collaborative Authoring to Peer Review

Connecting Collaborative Authoring to Peer Review

Building a coherent collaboration environment that facilitates scholarly communication workflows of social scientists in the roles of authors, reviewers, editors and readers.

Promoting Your Articles to Increase Your Digital Identity and Research Impact

Promoting Your Articles to Increase Your Digital Identity and Research Impact

Ten suggestions to help increase your reach and impact according to ScienceOpen.

From Ideas to Action: Discussion on How to Write a Grant Proposal

From Ideas to Action: Discussion on How to Write a Grant Proposal

From ideas to action: discussion on how to write a grant proposal

Most of the Time, Innovators Don't Move Fast and Break Things

Most of the Time, Innovators Don't Move Fast and Break Things

If we abandon the cult of the Great White Innovator, we will understand the history of technology in a much deeper way.

The Selfish Scientist’s Guide to Preprint Posting

The Selfish Scientist’s Guide to Preprint Posting

Preprint posting is the right thing to do for science and society. It enables us to share our results earlier, speeding up the pace of science.

Foreign Students and Postdocs Worry About the Future

Foreign Students and Postdocs Worry About the Future

While Trump takes aim at immigration, foreign trainees consider taking their talents elsewhere

Predatory Journals: Exposing the Flaws in Academic Research

Predatory Journals: Exposing the Flaws in Academic Research

The constant demand for predatory journals has now exposed significant flaws in the academic research establishment that questions the integrity of the research system.

Duration and Quality of the Peer Review Process: The Author's Perspective

Duration and Quality of the Peer Review Process: The Author's Perspective

An analysis of data from 3500 review experiences submitted by authors to the SciRev.sc website.