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McGill Neurology Will No Longer Patent Researchers' Findings, Instead Everything Will Be Open Access
McGill Neurology Will No Longer Patent Researchers' Findings, Instead Everything Will Be Open Access
McGill's Neurological Institute open science agenda includes open access publication of all research data and findings, and an end to the practice of patenting the university's findings.
McKinsey's 2016 Analytics Study Defines The Future Of Machine Learning
Matchmaker, Matchmaker, Find Me a Grant
Recommendation engine Instrumentl aims to speed grant searching.
Consortium of Research Libraries Announce Boycott of Elsevier Journals over Open Access
Consortium of Research Libraries Announce Boycott of Elsevier Journals over Open Access
Over 60 major German research institutions are canceling their subscriptions to all of Elsevier's academic and scientific journals, effective January 1, 2017.
NIH Discusses Curbing Lab Size to Fund More Midcareer Scientists
New analysis finds that smaller labs get more bang for the buck.
Swiss Parliament Approves Immigration Bill
The Swiss parliament approved a law to limit immigration by giving its residents priority access to employment vacancies, in an effort to shore up ties with the EU.
Survey of Wellcome Researchers and Their Attitudes to Open Research
Survey of Wellcome Researchers and Their Attitudes to Open Research
Results of a survey of Wellcome researchers to find out what they think about open research, how they practice it, and some of the barriers they face.
Could the Best Way to Make Money From Science Be to Give It Away for Free?
Could the Best Way to Make Money From Science Be to Give It Away for Free?
Science policy is slowly waking up to the realisation that the value of science may lie in people and places rather than papers and patents.
Academics With Cats 2016: The Winning Photographs
The Third Annual Academics with Cats Awards, organised by Academia Obscura, celebrates academic cats and injects a bit of fun into the pre-Christmas panic.
Ushering in a Bold New Era for Open Science
Earlier this year, the Montreal Neurological Institute announced an ambitious commitment to the principles of open science. The Neuro will be eschewing patents for its discoveries and doing all it can to make its research findings widely available. While there have been other large-scale open science initiatives the Neuro is the first major research institute of its kind to make such a wide-ranging commitment to open science.
US Postdocs Grapple with Salary Changes
Postdocs nationwide were set to have an increased minimum salary or become eligible for overtime pay until a court injunction halted new Department of Labor regulations.
Newt Gingrich: Trump Administration Will Be Committed to Science
Gingrich, the former House speaker and adviser to the president-elect, said "this is going to be a very science- and technology-oriented administration."
These Countries Could Be the World's New Education Superstars
From Turkey to Thailand, some countries punch above their weight when it comes to university access and research. And where education takes root, economic growth soon follows, says Chris Parr of Times Higher Education.
How Many Scientific Papers Are Mentioned in Policy-Related Documents?
An empirical investigation using Web of Science and Altmetric data investigates how many papers are mentioned in policy-related documents. We find that less than 0.5% of the papers published in different subject categories are mentioned at least once in policy-related documents. Based on our results, we recommend that the analysis of (WoS) publications with at least one policy-related mention is repeated regularly (annually). Mentions in policy-related documents should not be used for impact measurement until new policy-related sites are tracked.
Predatory Publishers Gain Foothold in Indian Academia’s Upper Echelon
Researchers at top-flight institutions are not immune to charms of questionable journals
Science News That Stuck With Us in 2016
As the year ends, the Science desk of The New York Times asked its reporters to look back at the news they reported on that was the most memorable. These are their selections, with a focus on archaeology, biology, physics and space.
Exploring CiteScore, Elsevier's New Journal Impact Metrics
Elsevier explains the thought process behind its new journal impact metrics.
Figshare Partners with Springer Nature to Enhance Research Data Discoverability
Figshare announced a new partnership with Springer Nature to support BioMed Central and SpringerOpen authors who wish to openly share their supplementary data. Figshare are now hosting additional files from more than 300 BioMed Central and SpringerOpen journals.
Google’s Long, Strange Life Span Trip
Why does a mole rat live 30 years but a mouse only three? With $1.5 billion in the bank, Google’s anti-aging spinout Calico is rich enough to find out.
Altmetric's Top 100 Research Articles for 2016
What academic research caught the public imagination in 2016?
How to Act Like a Superstar Scholar
A guide to help selfish academics ensure that everyone at a conference knows they are very special indeed.
Conflicts of Interest in GM Bt Crop Efficacy and Durability Studies
An analysis focusing on the efficacy or durability of GM Bt crops and ties between the researchers carrying out these studies and the GM crop industry showing that ties between researchers and the GM crop industry were common, with 40% of the articles considered displaying conflicts of interest (COI).