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Peter Gluckman and James Wilsdon: This week’s summit of the International Network for Government Science Advice will take stock of progress in using evidence and expertise to inform policy.
Tensions between Cuba and the United States are easing. But researchers still struggle to join the scientific world.
This study investigates whether bias with single-blind review is greatest in a setting of author or institutional prestige.
Many reviewers feel that some form of public acknowledgment is more valuable than monetary payment when it comes to their services.
We surveyed 2,000 researchers and practitioners about what they want from academic societies; here’s what they told us.
More than 2,000 researchers from a variety of disciplines contributed to a survey conducted by Elsevier and the Publishing Research Consortium.
When you open politics to the public, you get direct democracy. But what happens when you open science to the public?
Researchers with a PhD who are employed by a Dutch research institution can request funding for the replication of 'cornerstone research'.
A leading space scientist has accused the European Space Agency (ESA) of having a “problem with promoting women” that has led to men holding almost every top job at the agency.
Citation network maps may indicate when gaming is taking place. Proving intention is a different story.
Authorea, The Winnower, and Reddit are teaming up to explore the role of social media in research and discovery. We want to hear from you, in essay form!
Scientific American evaluates responses from Clinton, Trump, Johnson and Stein to 20 questions
That Sci-Hub’s activities are illegal is not disputed. However, according to Iván Farías Pelcastre and Flor González Correa the issue at the core of the debate is the current publishing and knowled…
A professor of higher education at the University of Pennsylvania talks about why faculty diversity is an important — and elusive — goal.
BioMed Central psychology journal will attempt to tackle publication bias by withholding research results from peer reviewers.
Publons top overall contributors to peer review in science and research.
For Peer Review Week, researchers from across the spectrum offer advice and insights about how to review research manuscripts
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has been arm-twisting journalists into relinquishing their reportorial independence, our investigation reveals. Other institutions are following suit.
Can we as a community provide citizen scientists worldwide a chance to publish open access peer reviewed articles without significant cost through a competitive publication fee subsidy scheme where each application is reviewed by the national science funding agency?
The inaugural Sentinel of Science awards aim to give peer review a bit more luster by showcasing the contributions of reviewers.
Matthias Egger, internationally renowned epidemiologist and public health expert, will be the new president of the National Research Council of the SNSF as of 2017.
As part of its new 13th 5-year plan, the Chinese Academy of Sciences this month unveiled plans for a national science center...
If Zuckerberg and Chan want to get some bang for their buck, they’ll need to break down the structures that hold brilliant young scientists back
